Chiltern timetable 12 December 2010 to 21 May 2011

Chiltern have published the timetable for the 5 'winter' months starting on the 12th December, and are, of course, preparing for the use of the reconnected bay platforms at Birmingham Moor Street.

The key change for Birmingham to London passengers is in the off-peak provision: only one off-peak train (at 12 mins past the hour) will start from Birmingham Snow Hill and it will be 'slow' to London Marylebone (2hrs 19 mins). The 'fast' service will leave from Birmingham Moor Street at 55 mins past the hour and will take 2 hours.

Coming back from London, the pattern is that the 20 mins past the hour is 'fast' to Moor Street and the 50 mins past the hour is 'slow' to Snow Hill.

To celebrate the new timetable, the first train out of the new platforms at Moor Street will be The First Moor Street Express on Saturday 11th December headed by Castle class steam locomotive No 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe. Return fares to Paddington start at £80.