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  • Heroic London Northwestern Railway staff honoured for life saving suicide intervention

    A train driver and guard who worked together to save the life of a vulnerable man during a dramatic incident on the railway in Cheshire have been honoured for their actions.
    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) driver Glynn Smith and senior conductor Jessie Hinds-Taylor were operating a service on the approach to Alsager station when from behind the controls Glynn found himself face-to-face with a

  • Just one week to go for Marston Vale Line £1 ticket offer

    London Northwestern Railway is encouraging passengers to take advantage of the £1 tickets on the Marston Vale Line, with less than one week to go before the offer ends on Saturday 16thNovember.
    Under the offer, a single journey between any two stations on the Marston Vale Line costs just £1 for adults and 50p for children.
    The offer was first launched in February 2024 to celebrate the resu

  • New accessible facility to arrive at Liverpool Lime Street

    A new dedicated waiting lounge is coming to Liverpool Lime Street to help passengers who need help to get on and off trains.
    The facility will give passengers a dedicated waiting lounge to make travelling by train a more pleasant experience.
    The space will provide a quiet and welcoming waiting area for passengers with additional mobility and sensory needs, with a dedicated team on hand to he

  • ‘Travel either side’ advice for West Coast Main Line passengers travelling to and from London Euston this Christmas

    Passengers travelling over the festive period are strongly urged to plan their journeys in advance as major rail upgrades mean Euston station is expected to be much busier than usual from Christmas Eve, into the New Year.
    Christmas rail works affecting journeys into London Paddington and London St Pancras stations, mean more passengers are expected to travel through London Euston over the festi

  • West Midlands Railway to trial new service pattern at Bordesley for Birmingham City fixtures

    Football fans attending Birmingham City matches by train are being urged to plan their journeys after West Midlands Railway announced it will trial new calling patterns on matchdays.
    The trial, which starts this weekend, will impact journeys to and from Bordesley. The station does not receive a regular service apart from matchdays, when trains make special stops.
    Under the trial, which appli

  • Passengers thanked as Stourbridge to Birmingham line reopens

    Upgrades to improve journeys for passengers between Stourbridge and Birmingham Snow Hill are now complete.
    The stretch of railway reopened today (Friday 1 November) after Network Rail worked round-the-clock over the last five days to replace track and improve drainage, work which will help keep the railway and journeys through the area safe and reliable.
    During the closure, Network Rail engi

  • Birmingham stations ready to welcome Christmas market visitors

    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.
    Birmingham’s Frankfur

  • Network Rail trialling new boarding processes at London Euston

    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

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

    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.
    The rail ope

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

    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.
    The rail operator,

  • West Midlands Railway: Passengers reminded of five-day line closure impacting services to Birmingham Snow Hill

    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

  • Charity train ride raises £22,000 as West Midlands Railway bids farewell to Class 323 fleet

    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

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