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London Midland

London Midland
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Overview
Franchise(s): West Midlands
11 Nov 2007 - 15 Oct 2017
Main region(s): West Midlands, London
Other region(s): North West, East Midlands
Stations called at: 178
Stations operated: 146
Route km operated: 867.4
National Rail abbreviation: LM
Parent company: Govia
Website: www.londonmidland.com
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London Midland is a train operating company in England, owned by Govia, operating the West Midlands franchise.

London Midland operate local services in the West Midlands and surrounding areas through their City sub-brand. They also operate long distance and commuter services on the West Coast Main Line through the Express sub-brand from London Euston to and from the West Midlands, Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Bedfordshire, Northamptonshire, Staffordshire and Cheshire. Additionally, services on the Stourbridge Town Branch Line operated by Pre Metro Operations are branded as the London Midland Stourbridge Shuttle.

The franchise was originally due to expire in September 2015, this was extended to March 2016, and again to October 2017 after London Midland agreed to put on extra trains and improve services.

London Midland's services are divided between four groups of routes: London Euston Routes, Birmingham Regional, West Midlands Local and Branch Lines.

London Midland operates several "parliamentary train" stations, where only a handful of trains a day call. These include:

London Midland also operates stations where it operates no services. These stations are only served by CrossCountry, which does not manage any stations. These include:

As of February 2016, its routes off-peak Monday to Friday, with frequencies in trains per hour (tph), include:

In December 2008 London Midland discontinued the direct service between Walsall and Wolverhampton. Traffic on the route was low, but growing, and there was a campaign to keep the service. The service was a priced option with the new West Midlands franchise, but the Department for Transport decided not to provide funding from December 2008, and as a result the service ceased. There is only one early morning train on Saturdays from Wolverhampton to Walsall (Parliamentary service). London Midland advised that passengers should use National Express West Midlands buses instead.


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