With a length of 65 miles, the line between Milton Keynes, Northampton and Birmingham is a mix of commuter services from Northampton, Coventry and Birmingham International to Birmingham New Street as well as Avanti West Coast and CrossCountry express services to Wolverhampton, Manchester, Glasgow and Crewe. The line also features a high amount of freight traffic, with the container terminal at Daventry being a hive of activity as well as the usual mix of freight traffic on the WCML. Proposed Rolling Stock Class 350/1 & /3 in London Northwestern Railway livery The 350/1 and 350/3 provide a total of 40 units of the Class 350 class, with them being found on Euston - New Street & Crewe services as well as Northampton to Birmingham services and other AI traffic at Milton Keynes. The units are capable of 110mph, with the 350/4 also being able to layer in for players who own the WCML Trent Valley route when that releases. Class 730/0 & /2 in West Midlands Railway & London Northwestern Railway livery The Class 730s are divided into 2 subclasses, with the 48 3car units being capable of 90mph whilst the 36 5car units can run at up to 110mph, with the 2 fleets contributing to the withdrawal of the Class 350/2s. The LNWR 730s are used on services from London Euston to Crewe & Birmingham New Street, with the 730/0s being used on some local services south of Milton Keynes on the WCML as well as Cross City services and services from Birmingham International to Rugeley Trent Valley and Walsall to Wolverhampton via Aston. Layers Class 90: The Class 90 will appear on select freight services between Milton Keynes and Rugby via Northampton, as well as some services that use the terminal at Daventry. WCMLS Class 66: Appears on all other container & aggregate services on this route (excluding DRS). Class 170: Adds CrossCountry AI services to Cardiff, Nottingham and Leicester at New Street. Class 220: Adds CrossCountry services between Coventry and New Street as well as AI traffic at New Street Class 390: Adds the majority of Avanti services to/from Glasgow, Edinburgh, Manchester, Liverpool, Wolverhampton and Birmingham. WCMLTV: Class 350/4 will layer onto all 350 services on this route, with the 807 layering onto select Avanti services to/from Liverpool and Birmingham Class 805: Adds services to/from Chester, Holyhead and Wrexham which are mostly AI as well as some Birmingham services. Class 86/2 (86235): Adds railtour AI between Rugby and Milton Keynes, as well as light loco moves to/from Rugby (pretending to be 86259)
