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  • TikTok sensation Spudman set to give away hundreds of free jacket potatoes with London Northwestern Railway partnership


    Viral TikTok star Spudman is set to give away 730 free jacket potato meals as part of a new partnership with London Northwestern Railway (LNR).

    Ben Newman - known to his online following as Spudman - rose to fame after uploading interactions with customers queuing for loaded spuds at his van in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

    The collaboration with LNR follows the introductio

  • London Northwestern Railway: Ten train-mad youngsters become mini conductors for the day


    Ten railway-mad youngsters lived out their dreams of being train guards for the day thanks to London Northwestern Railway (LNR).

    The children, all aged between six and 11, were invited to climb on board LNR’s brand-new electric fleet yesterday (Thursday 12 February) to act as ‘Junior Conductors’.

    During a journey between Milton Keynes and Crewe, the young guards got to mak

  • London Northwestern Railway transfers into public ownership

    From today (1 February 2026), the operation of all London Northwestern Railway services have transferred into public ownership and are being managed by DfT Operator Ltd (DFTO).
    DFTO is the government’s public sector owning group that will manage all train companies as they move into public ownership ahead of the creation of Great British Railways (GBR).
    Public ownership of the railways will

  • New combined railway control centre brings improvements for West Coast Main Line passengers

    Millions of passengers who travel on the West Coast Main Line each week are set to benefit from a new behind-the-scenes collaboration at a railway control centre in Warwickshire.
    Under the arrangement, train operator London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has brought in dozens of new staff to work alongside Network Rail (NR) control teams at the dedicated Rail Operations Centre (ROC) in Rugby.
    Th

  • London Northwestern Railway encourages thousands to share a cuppa this Brew Monday


    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) is encouraging thousands of passengers to slow down and share a cuppa for Brew Monday.

    The train operator has partnered with Samaritans, the leading charity for suicide prevention, to flip the perception of so-called ‘Blue Monday’ by turning it into a day for conversation and connection.

    Pop-up sessions at Milton Keynes Central, Watfor

  • Rail passengers advised to check travel over festive period

    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) passengers are being reminded to check journey planners before travelling over the festive period.
    Due to Christmas markets, amended timetables and rail infrastructure upgrades, services are expected to be busier than usual across the railway network.
    LNR will be operating an amended timetable, with no trains running on Christmas Day and Boxing Day and train

  • Railway romance leads to surprise engagement on London Northwestern Railway train

    Exactly one year after meeting on board a late-night train from London, a couple returned to the same service to relive their first encounter and - unbeknownst to the bride-to-be – set the stage for a surprise proposal.
    What could have been a brief encounter turned into a 100-mph love story after Steve Higgs (56) met Payal Pandya (49) on the 23:09 London Northwestern Railway (LNR) service from

    Image shows man and woman during a marriage proposal on board an LNR train.

  • London Northwestern Railway passengers offered chance to go ‘behind the scenes’ in latest company podcast

    A rare behind-the-scenes look at London Northwestern Railway (LNR) and exclusive insights from the company’s senior management are among the highlights in the latest edition of the operator’s popular “On the Rails” podcast.
    LNR, in partnership with sister operator West Midlands Railway, carries more than five million customers every month and passengers can now tune in to a special podcast epis

  • Millions more passengers using West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway services – official report

    Rail operators West Midlands Railway (WMR) and London Northwestern Railway (LNR) have reported a huge jump in passenger numbers following the publication of official industry figures.
    A recent report from the Office of Rail Road showed a massive 12% year-on-year increase in the number of people using the sister operators’ services in the first quarter of 2025/26, equating to more than two milli

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