Tsw5 & 6, New Route?

Discussion in 'Suggestions' started by Class390, Feb 26, 2026 at 10:52 AM.

  1. Class390

    Class390 New Member

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    Hello i am writing to see if anyone agrees there should be one more route for The Black Country/ West Midlands. Here is a description of what it COULD be:
    Name: TSW6: The Chase Line

    Route start: Tame Bridge Parkway (B’ham New Street/Aston maybe????)

    Stops (As from TBP)
    Tame Bridge Parkway.
    Bescot Stadium
    Walsall
    Bloxwich
    Bloxwich North
    Landywood
    Cannock
    Hednesford
    Rugeley Town
    Rugeley Trent Valley

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    Above: A map of The Chase Line (From Wikipedia)

    Trains:
    Class 730 (WMR maybe LNWR too?) (Currently no train available)
    Class 350 (LM and LNWR) (TSw5 and 6)
    Class 390 (if starting at B’ham New Street) (also could be seen passing RTV) (TSW5 and 6)
    Class 170 (TSW5 and 6)


    I understand that at the time of writing there are TWO routes involving Birmingham. These are:
    Birmingham Cross-City (TSW 3,4,5,6) And WCML South: Birmingham-Crewe (TSW6) so it seems strange having lots of routes surrounding the area of Walsall, B’ham and Wolverhampton but The Chase Line in my opinion would be a good route and would bring a new train to the line (Class 730). We do see Rugeley, Bloxwich, Walsall referenced in current maps with B’Ham and LTV such as trains going to unaccessible areas to Walsall, RTV i’m B’Ham cross city and B’ham- Crewe. Thanks for reading! Hope you all agree!
     
  2. trainfan#6965

    trainfan#6965 Well-Known Member

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    cool idea!
     

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