Would include: Class 350 (London Northwestern/WMR) Class 390 (Avanti) Stations: Rugby Coventry Canley Tile Hill Berkswell Hampton-in-Arden Birmingham International Marston Green Lea Hall Stechford Birmingham New Street Smethwick Rolfe Street Smethwick Galton Bridge Sandwell and Dudley Dudley Port Tipton Coseley Wolverhampton This route is around 50 miles. I think this is a good route as it would have plenty of variety with operators and made up of mostly semi-fast services to Birmingham New Street and Fast services to Birmingham New Street and Wolverhampton, with some services continuing to Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Blackpool North. Layers: Class 323 (BCC), at Birmingham New Street for services to Bromsgrove, Redditch and Litchfield and at Wolverhampton for Walsall as AI. You would be able to drive this train from Birmingham International to Birmingham New street.
Avanti services on the route would call at Rugby, Coventry, Birmingham International, and Birmingham New Street, with some continuing onto Wolverhampton, calling at Sandwell and Dudley and Wolverhampton. Meanwhile, London Northwestern Railway would stop at Rugby, Coventry, Canley, Tile Hill, Berkswell, Hampton-in-Arden, Birmingham International, and Birmingham New Street. Some services start at Birmingham New Street, and go to Liverpool (this would only go as far as Wolverhampton), and calls at Smethwick Galton Bridge and Wolverhampton. West Midlands railway (which could layer in from BCC if the Devs don't want to use the 350 for that service again), begin services at Birmingham International, and call at Marston Green, Lea Hall, Stechford and Birmingham New Street. DLCs for the route: Avanti west coast class 805 (would be able to drive to either Wolverhampton or Birmingham New Street) Avanti west coast class 221 (would provide the same services as the 805)