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Ahead of this weekend’s Birmingham Pride festival, West Midlands Railway (WMR) has today named one of its newest trains “Hurst Street” in honour of the city’s famous Gay Village.
The train, which also features a stylish rainbow diamond motif and the word PRIDE, is one of the new Class 730 fleet being rolled out on the Cross City Line through Birmingham.
"Hurst Street" - also known as 730018

Passengers travelling with London Northwestern Railway (LNR) are being urged to check their journeys ahead of the Bank Holiday weekend due to engineering works.
As a result of track improvement works by Network Rail, journeys between Crewe and Milton Keynes are subject to disruption between Saturday 25 May and Monday 27 May inclusive.
Jonny Wiseman, LNR customer experience director, said:

Passengers travelling with West Midlands Railway (WMR) are being reminded that the Cross City North line between Lichfield Trent Valley/Four Oaks and Birmingham New Street will be closed for six days from Monday 27 May until Saturday 1 June inclusive due to engineering works.
As a result of the refurbishment of sections of the A38(M) and Network Rail engineering works to the railway, buses will

The little-known role of the technology experts in Malvern who helped Britain win the Second World War is to be celebrated at a brand-new museum at Great Malvern railway station.
It was 1942 when Prime Minister Winston Churchill ordered the evacuation of two top-secret government radar research establishments to the Worcestershire countryside to escape German bombardment. The work carried out i

A special ticket promotion launched to celebrate the return of train services on the Marston Vale Line is being extended for a further three months, operator London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has announced today.
Thousands of passengers have taken advantage of the promotional £1 single fare (50p for children) on the route, which runs between Bedford and Bletchley, since services resumed on Mond

West Midlands Railway is urging passengers using the Cross City Line between Lichfield and Birmingham to check before travelling on Tuesday (April 30) after a fallen tree caused significant damage to overhead power lines.
The tree fell near Chester Road station on Monday afternoon, resulting in the closure of the line. Network Rail engineers are working to repair the damage as quickly as possib

West Midlands Trains (WMT) has signed a new long-term maintenance contract with CrossCountry to continue maintaining the long-distance operator’s Class 170 fleet at WMT’s Tyseley depot in Birmingham.
The contract, which started this month, secures jobs in the region through to 2031 and reaffirms the partnership between the two train operating companies. It will see WMT continue to maintain, ser

A new hedgerow has been planted at the recently renovated Great Malvern railway station to further enhance the environment and increase biodiversity.
An area of land at the end of platform 1 was cleared to make way for recently completed improvements to the Grade II listed station for passengers, which saw roof and gutter replacements, structural strengthening and the repainting of the ornate i

Passengers on Birmingham’s iconic Cross City Line have been travelling on a brand new train fleet for the first time today (Monday 15 April).
Train operator West Midlands Railway (WMR) said the introduction of the Class 730 fleet represents the start of a new era for rail travel on the line, which is used by millions of passengers every year and connects Birmingham with destinations including L

The railway between Wolverhampton and Shrewsbury has fully reopened to passenger trains after engineers complete emergency repairs to a failed railway embankment.
Network Rail is thanking passengers for their patience this morning (Friday 29 March) after three weeks of disruption following a landslip between Oakengates and Wellington stations.
New time-lapse video footage has been released s

Community rail projects have been given the green light thanks to funding from London Northwestern Railway (LNR).
Grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 have been made available via the “Your Community, Your Fund” scheme which offers support to projects which benefit both rail passengers and local communities.
The scheme, funded by the Department for Transport, is aimed at inspiring people t

Community rail projects have been given the green light thanks to funding from West Midlands Railway (WMR).
Grants of between £10,000 and £100,000 have been made available via the “Your Community, Your Fund” scheme which offers support to projects which benefit both rail passengers and local communities.
The scheme, funded by the Department for Transport, is aimed at inspiring people to get