GWR Route: Banbury to Wolverhampton

GWR Route: North Warwickshire Line

Birmingham Snow Hill Station: gwrbsh2939

A British Railways single car Diesel Multiple Unit stands at Platform 7 with a service to Stourbridge in 1964. Built by Gloucester RC&W in 1958, there were twenty single-car, double-ended driving motor vehicles, nicknamed "Bubble Cars", numbered 55000–55019. These were supplemented by nine single-ended trailer vehicles, numbered 56291–56299. Later classified under TOPs as the Class 122, they were built mainly for use on the London Midland Region of British Rail, although some were also used in Scotland. They were used on a variety of lightly used lines, many of which were closed during the Beeching Axe in the 1960s. Routes served included the above service to Stourbridge Town as well as serving the St Albans Abbey branch lines.

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