Английская Википедия:Birmingham Pullman
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The Birmingham Pullman was a named passenger train operating in the United Kingdom. [1]
History
The Birmingham Pullman was operated by the Blue Pullman and introduced by British Rail on 12 September 1960. Departures from Wolverhampton Low Level station at 7:00Шаблон:Nbspam, with pickups at Birmingham Snow Hill at 7:30Шаблон:Nbspam, Solihull at 7:40Шаблон:Nbspam and Leamington Spa at 8:00 gave an arrival time at London Paddington of 9:35Шаблон:Nbspam.[2] A second departure left Birmingham Snow Hill at 2:30Шаблон:Nbsppm, with an arrival at London Paddington of 4:25Шаблон:Nbsppm.
The return services departed London Paddington at 12:10Шаблон:Nbsppm, arriving in Birmingham Snow Hill at 2:05Шаблон:Nbsppm. The evening train left Paddington at 4:50Шаблон:Nbsppm and arrived back at Birmingham Snow Hill at 6:55Шаблон:Nbsppm, and Wolverhampton Low Level at 7:20Шаблон:Nbsppm.
On 15 August 1963, a replacement service for the Birmingham Pullman train, hauled by British Rail Class 52 D1040 Western Queen, ran into freight wagons near Solihull, killing all three men in the cab.[3] It was found to be a signaller's error.[4]
With the electrification of the West Coast Main Line in 1966, the service was withdrawn and the trains were transferred to Oxford, Bristol, and South Wales.
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