A partnership between the rail industry in the West Midlands and a Birmingham college has been launched to help develop engineers of the future.
Network Rail and West Midlands Railway have joined forces with South & City College Birmingham to enhance the learning for students completing their Level 1 and Level 2 engineering qualifications, bringing real-world railway experience into their s
Passengers heading into Birmingham for the festive season are being encouraged to plan ahead as the city prepares for hundreds of thousands of visitors for Christmas celebrations.
Birmingham’s Frankfurt Christmas Market returns today (Thursday 5 November) running until Thursday 24 December 2026, with stalls across Victoria Square, New Street and High Street bringing festive food, drink and ente
Veterans and serving military personnel attending this year’s Remembrance Sunday services can travel for free with West Midlands Railway (WMR).
The offer applies to those attending the Submariners’ Remembrance Service over the weekend of 31 Oct – 1 Nov as well as all services of Remembrance on Sunday 8 November, including the national service at the Cenotaph in London.
Free travel is availa
Passengers planning Christmas journeys to, from, or through Birmingham New Street can now check festive timetables and alternative travel arrangements ahead of a major railway upgrade.
No trains will serve the station from Thursday 24 December to Monday 28 December 2026 inclusive while Network Rail begins a £13m programme to replace overhead power lines which date back to the 1960s on the appro
West Midlands Railway (WMR) is encouraging customers to spend their train journeys reading by launching a book borrowing scheme at three stations.
In the West Midlands, the National Literacy Trust reports that just over a third of children and young people (34.4%) say they enjoy reading in their free time, and only 1 in 5 (19.0%) read daily in their free time.
The new bookcases feature a mi
Passengers at Wellington station will benefit from easier, step-free journeys as work begins work on a major accessibility upgrade next month.
Funded through the Department for Transport’s Access for All programme, and delivered by Network Rail, the scheme will provide two new lifts and a new footbridge, creating an accessible route between both platforms and the station entrances.
Work will
Passengers travelling between Worcester and Hereford are being advised to plan ahead while Network Rail carries out five days of essential railway improvements this October half-term.
From Monday 26 to Friday 30 October, engineers will renew and maintain sections of railway between Worcester and Hereford to help keep services running safely and reliably.
The five-day programme includes renew
The Rail Safe Friendly programme has announced that West Midlands Railway (WMR) is continuing its partnership by sponsoring 90 schools at Silver level, joining a growing list of industry supporters dedicated to raising rail safety awareness among young people across the UK.
Rail Safe Friendly, run by Learn Live, aims to educate children about the dangers of trespassing on railways through engag
Plans to make Wellington station step-free have been approved, with work to install two lifts and a new footbridge set to begin later this year.
The upgrade, funded through the Department for Transport’s Access for All programme, will create an accessible route between both platforms and the station entrances, making rail travel easier for disabled passengers and people travelling with luggage,
West Midlands Railway (WMR) and Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) were recognised for the opening of five brand-new railway stations at the 2026 National Rail Awards.
The two organisations jointly won the ‘Major Project of the Year’ category for the completion of Willenhall and Darlaston in the Black Country and Moseley Village, Kings Heath and Pineapple Road (Stirchley) on the new Camp Hill L
With tech-related noise becoming an increasingly common frustration for railway passengers, a UK train operator has restored calm by enlisting the ultimate experts in shushing - a team of librarians.
In a video released for National Quiet Day (14 September), West Midlands Railway (WMR) enlists three librarians to quieten a noisy train carriage.
Teaming up with a WMR train guard, the librar
London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has announced it will introduce a new direct train service linking Birmingham and Stoke-on-Trent with Manchester Airport from May next year.
This hourly rail service will run between Birmingham New Street and Manchester Airport and call at stations in the Black Country, Staffordshire and Cheshire, giving millions of holidaymakers a direct rail route to the majo
