1. Journey there-05.10.23

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A straightforward trip to Birmingham New Street from our home station of Northampton courtesy of London Northwestern.
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66588, 06.46 London Gateway-Lawley Street (4M41, 11L), Northampton station A trainload of fresh air passes through Northampton station! The 4M41 06.46 London Gateway to Lawley Street was composed entirely of empty Freightliner wagons (that is not uncommon for this particular service) and hauled by 66588 on this day. Keywords: 66588 06.46 London Gateway-Lawley Street 4M41 Northampton station Freightliner
350126, LN 09.56 London Euston-Birmingham New Street (1Y25, 4L), Northampton station Our train from Northampton to Birmingham New Street waits to leave our 'home' station as the 09.56 from Euston. We travelled on the leading unit of this train which was one of the first batches of Desiros delivered back in the late 'noughties' designated as 350/1s and have a superior 2 + 2 seating arrangement compared to the later 350/2 subset with. more cramped 2 + 2 set up. Keywords: 350126 09.56 London Euston-Birmingham New Street 1Y25 Northampton station London Northwestern Desiro
Tickets, Northampton-Birmingham New Street My wife and I paid a very reasonable £30 return for our return trip to Birmingham from Northampton. £7.50 each way is pretty good value when its broken down isn't it really! Keywords: Tickets Northampton-Birmingham New Street

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