Topics: Public Transport

  • London Northwestern Railway offers free travel for military personnel and veterans for Remembrance Services

    Veterans and serving military personnel attending this year’s Remembrance Sunday services can travel for free with London Northwestern Railway (LNR).
    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

  • West Midlands Railway offers free travel for military personnel and veterans for Remembrance Services

    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

  • Christmas travel: plan your journey as Birmingham New Street prepares for major upgrade

    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 launches new station libraries

    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

  • Work to start on new lifts and footbridge ahead of step-free Wellington journeys

    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

  • London Northwestern Railway introduces new Standard Plus ticket

    Passengers travelling with London Northwestern Railway (LNR) will soon have the chance to travel in an exclusive carriage on board thanks to the launch of a new Standard Plus ticket.
    The operator, which runs thousands of services every week connecting London with the West Midlands and North West, has recently introduced a brand new fleet of electric trains which have significantly increased cap

  • West Midlands Railway extends partnership with Rail Safe Friendly

    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

  • West Midlands Railway stations win national award six months after opening

    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

    Pineapple Road railway station

  • West Midlands Railway: Shhhh! UK train operator calls in librarians to hush noisy tech

    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: Shhhh! UK train operator calls in librarians to hush noisy tech

    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), London Northwestern Railway (LNR) enlists three librarians to quieten a noisy train carriage.
    Teaming up with a train guard, the libr

  • London Northwestern Railway announces direct train service from Birmingham to Manchester Airport will begin running next year

    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

  • West Midlands Railway: Wolverhampton railway station to host week of wellbeing activities to mark World Suicide Prevention Day

    West Midlands Railway (WMR) and Rethink Mental Illness have today (7 September) launched a week-long programme of wellbeing activities at the Wolverhampton Mental Health Hub.
    Offering one-to-one support, information and signposting, ‘The Hub’ is run by WMR in partnership with Rethink Mental Illness which maintains and staffs the site. In addition to its day-to-day offering, The Hub also offers

  • London Northwestern Railway to host summer fun day at Birmingham New Street this Friday

    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) is inviting customers to a summer celebration this Friday 21 August, 10am – 3pm, at Birmingham New Street station.
    Marking the final weeks of the summer holidays, families can enjoy seaside themed activities from free ice cream and carnival games to character meets and steel pan performances throughout the day. Facepainting, balloon making and candy floss are a

  • West Midlands Railway to host summer fun day at Birmingham New Street this Friday

    West Midlands Railway (WMR) is inviting customers to a summer celebration this Friday 21 August, 10am – 3pm, at Birmingham New Street station.
    Marking the final weeks of the summer holidays, families can enjoy seaside themed activities from free ice cream and carnival games to character meets and steel pan performances throughout the day. Facepainting, balloon making and candy floss are also o

    Birmingham New Street station concourse

  • Sutton Coldfield station cat lands paw-fect new role with West Midlands Railway

    A popular Birmingham railway station cat has been officially appointed to the role of Junior Mouse Catcher – becoming the second moggy ‘employed’ by West Midlands Railway (WMR).
    Betty, who lives at Folklore Coffee and Bagels on platform 2 at Sutton Coldfield station, was identified by WMR as a rising star in station management for her regular safety paw-trols, comprehensive whisker-sessments, a

  • London Northwestern Railway: Nuneaton railway station in full bloom thanks to local volunteer group


    Nuneaton station has been given a summer makeover with a new collection of vibrant floral displays, thanks to London Northwestern Railway (LNR) volunteers.

    Customers local to Nuneaton can discover all-new flower arrangements across the platforms, as well as new planters including a miniature cast stone steam engine, novelty pirate’s chest and hanging baskets within the overbridge.

  • London Northwestern Railway honours Bedford's bell-ringing heritage with train name

    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has named a train on the Marston Vale Line following a partnership with a local college.
    The train, which operates between Bletchley and Bedford, has been named ‘Bedford Belle’ in honour of the bell tower within Bedford’s historic St Paul’s Church. The first record of bell ringing at St Paul’s was written in 1582, and this historic practice is still active to

  • West Midlands Railway reminds customers Samaritans is there for them 24/7 to mark Samaritans Awareness Day

    West Midlands Railway (WMR) is reminding passengers they don’t have to face their challenges alone this Friday (24 July) for Samaritans Awareness Day.
    This weekend, the train operator is providing Samaritans volunteers with free passes to travel on WMR routes and raise awareness of the charity to passengers.
    Railway organisations like WMR and Network Rail hold longstanding partnerships with

  • Journey to Great British Railways accelerates with track and train in the West Midlands united under single leadership

    Denise Wetton appointed Integrated Managing Director of GBR West Midlands Train operators and Network Rail in the region will unite under a single leadership team sparking a transformational change for the railway Three integrated railways, GBR South Eastern, GBR South Western and GBR Anglia have all stood up and are already delivering improvement for customers
    The fo

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