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  • West Midlands Railway and Susan Vickers Foundation launch free rail travel for care-experienced people

    Dozens of care-experienced people across the West Midlands are set to enjoy free train travel thanks to a new partnership between West Midlands Railway (WMR) and the Susan Vickers Foundation.
    The initiative will award complimentary rail passes to 40 members of the Foundation, a Wolverhampton-based charity which supports care-experienced people and care-leavers. Each pass provides unlimited trav

  • West Midlands Railway confirms reduced timetable ahead of industrial action

    West Midlands Railway (WMR) is urging passengers to plan their travel in advance ahead of two days of strike action due to take place next week.
    On Friday 22 May and Saturday 23 May a very limited service will be in operation on the WMR network due to strike action by members of the TSSA trade union. Passengers are advised to only travel if necessary as trains will only run on a small number of

  • London Northwestern Railway confirms reduced timetable ahead of industrial action

    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) is urging passengers to plan their travel in advance ahead of two days of strike action due to take place next week.
    On Friday 22 May and Saturday 23 May a very limited service will be in operation on the LNR network due to strike action by members of the TSSA union. Passengers are advised to only travel if necessary as trains will only run on a small number o

  • West Midlands Railway celebrates one year of Wolverhampton Mental Health Hub

    Thousands of vulnerable people have accessed mental health support from a facility at Wolverhampton Railway Station since it opened one year ago.
    Offering one-to-one support, information and signposting, ‘The Hub’ is run by West Midlands Railway (WMR) in partnership with Rethink Mental Illness who maintain and staff the site. In addition to its day-to-day offering, The Hub also offers space to

  • West Midlands Railway passengers reminded timetables will change this weekend

    Passengers travelling with West Midlands Railway (WMR) are being reminded that national timetable changes will come into effect this weekend.
    From Sunday 17 May, departure times and frequencies on some routes will change as part of a national twice-yearly timetable update.
    WMR will be introducing additional early morning services on some routes, including on the popular Cross City Line and

  • London Northwestern Railway to introduce thousands of extra seats for London Euston passengers

    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) is introducing 42,000 extra seats on its services to and from London Euston every week as part of a national timetable change coming into effect this Sunday (17 May).
    From this weekend, LNR is completing the rollout of its brand-new electric trains onto routes between London and Milton Keynes and on the Trent Valley Line connecting the capital with destinations

  • Oxley freight train derailment means ongoing disruption through Wolverhampton

    A low-speed freight train derailment in Oxley will impact passengers travelling through Wolverhampton until the end of service today.
    At around 8.30pm on Tuesday 5 May, one wagon of a freight train derailed at low-speed, causing damage to the track and overhead power lines. There were no injuries, the derailed wagon remained upright, and no other trains were involved.
    The complexities of re

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