As Birmingham’s famous Christmas market opens for another year, the region’s railway is ready to help get passengers safely to and from festivities and celebrations.
Birmingham New Street, along with Birmingham Moor Street and Birmingham Snow Hill, plays a vital role in getting people to and from the Christmas market and bars, shops and restaurants in the city centre.
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Network Rail and its train operating partners are introducing a trial of earlier boarding of Avanti West Coast and London Northwestern Railway train services to improve passengers’ experience at Euston station and significantly reduce instances of the ‘Euston rush’.
The announcement comes just weeks after Network Rail and the Department for Transport announced a five-point plan to deliver a bet
Veterans and serving military personnel attending this year’s Remembrance Sunday services can travel by rail for free, thanks to London Northwestern Railway (LNR).
The offer applies to those attending the Submariners’ Remembrance Service in London on Sunday 3 November and all services of Remembrance on Sunday 10 November, including the national service at the Cenotaph in London.
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Veterans and serving military personnel attending this year’s Remembrance Sunday services can travel by rail for free, thanks to West Midlands Railway (WMR).
The offer applies to those attending the Submariners’ Remembrance Service in London on Sunday 3 November and all services of Remembrance on Sunday 10 November, including the national service at the Cenotaph in London.
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Passengers travelling with West Midlands Railway (WMR) are being reminded to plan ahead of a five-day line closure impacting trains to/from Birmingham city centre.
A section of the Snow Hill line between Langley Green and Stourbridge Junction will be closed to trains while Network Rail carries out essential engineering works.
During the works, which will take place from Sunday 27 October to
A charity train ride to bid a fond farewell to an electric train fleet which has served rail passengers in the West Midlands for three decades has raised £22,000 for good causes.
Hundreds of rail enthusiasts boarded a pair of Class 323 trains for day trip between Birmingham and Liverpool yesterday (Sunday 29 September) as part of an event organised by West Midlands Railway (WMR) and the Branch
The redevelopment of University railway station in Birmingham has picked up three prestigious civil engineering industry awards, including project of the year.
The project led by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) won Large Project of the Year, Teamwork, and Overall Project of the Year at the ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) West Midlands Awards.<
Passengers using Kenilworth station in Warwickshire will soon be able to hire folding bicycles to continue their journeys following a community grant from West Midlands Railway.
The project - titled Unfolding Kenilworth - will see Brompton bike hire facilities introduced at the station after a successful application to WMR's "Your Community, Your Fund" scheme from Warwickshire County Council, b
The rollout of new pay as you go with contactless technology which had been due to go live at 14 stations operated by London Northwestern Railway (LNR) later this month has been delayed, it has been confirmed today.
The stations, including Berkhamsted, Bletchley and Hemel Hempstead, are among dozens of locations across the south-east of England which will soon benefit from simpler and more
A special charity train ride will be held later this month to bid a fond farewell to an electric train fleet which has served rail passengers in the West Midlands for more than 30 years.
The Class 323 fleet has been in operation on the Cross City Line through Birmingham since 1994, connecting the city with Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield, Redditch and Bromsgrove.
More than three quarters of the
A promotional rail fare allowing passengers to travel on the Marston Vale Line for just £1 is being extended for a second time due to overwhelming demand, operator London Northwestern Railway has announced today (Wed 14 Aug).
The special fare was introduced earlier this year to mark the reintroduction of the full timetable on the route between Bedford and Bletchley. The promotion was initially
A popular poem celebrating the life, culture and community of Birmingham has been unveiled on the walls of one of the West Midlands’ busiest railway stations.
Titled “Dear Brum”, the poem was written by Casey Bailey as a ‘love letter’ to the city. The installation, which was led by the University of Birmingham in collaboration with Casey and West Midlands Railway, has been unveiled at the new-l
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