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  • Check before you travel ahead of major Easter weekend rail upgrades

    Passengers are being urged to check before travelling this Easter holiday as Network Rail works to deliver vital upgrades and track renewals.
    Passengers travelling to and from London Euston are being advised to plan their journeys in advance over the Easter bank holiday weekend.
    Between Friday 18 April and Monday 21 April, Network Rail will be delivering various programmes of work to impr

  • Thousands of children in Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire challenged to travel by train to celebrate Railway 200

    A major drive to encourage thousands of students across Coventry, Solihull and Warwickshire to visit 200 different railway stations across the country has launched today (Tuesday 18 February).
    The project, named Visit 200, is being run in partnership by West Midlands Railway and West Coventry Academy. It offers schools and colleges the chance to arrange special journeys for groups of students t

  • Full service resumes between Tamworth and Nuneaton following repairs to overhead line equipment

    A normal timetable has been restored on the West Coast Main Line between Tamworth and Nuneaton after successfully installing a prop to an overhead line structure.
    Engineers have completed work to temporarily restore the railway near Polesworth after damage to an overhead line structure was discovered during a routine track inspection on 6 December.
    During the repairs, engineers installed a t

  • Fourteen London Northwestern Railway stations will receive tap-in tap-out travel upgrade


    Fourteen stations operated by London Northwestern Railway will receive upgraded Pay As You Go (PAYG) contactless technology from Sunday 2 February, it has been confirmed today.

    The technology comes as part of a £20 million government investment to modernise the network, offering simpler and more flexible payment options across the South East at 47 more stations for the first time.

  • Passengers updated about urgent rail repairs between Tamworth and Nuneaton

    People travelling on the West Coast Main Line are being urged to continue to check their journeys following damage to overhead line equipment in Warwickshire.
    Following a routine track inspection on the railway through Polesworth on 6 December, rail engineers discovered damage to an overhead line structure which carries the wires that provide power to electric trains.
    Since the issue was id

  • London Northwestern Railway advises passengers to check journeys ahead of festive period

    Passengers travelling with London Northwestern Railway (LNR) are being reminded to check journey planners before travelling this festive period.
    Due to Christmas markets and engineering works, services are expected to be busier than usual across the railway network.
    Service changes for London Northwestern Railway include:
    An amended timetable will run between Christmas Eve and New Year’s

  • London Northwestern Railway passengers reminded timetables will change this weekend


    Passengers travelling with London Northwestern Railway are being reminded that timetable changes come into effect this weekend.

    From Sunday 15th December, LNR will be making minor changes to some services, including an additional hourly train service between Liverpool Lime Street and Birmingham New Street.

    Those travelling between Liverpool and Birmingham on a weekday w

  • Passengers advised new train timetables will be implemented in December

    London Northwestern Railway is advising passengers to check their journey times ahead of the upcoming national timetable change next month.
    From Sunday 15 December, departure times and frequencies on some routes will change as part of a national twice-yearly timetable change.
    While the changes will be minor in most locations, customers are urged to check their journey times before travelling

  • London Northwestern Railway: Train service between Birmingham and Liverpool to double under major timetable change

    Rail passengers travelling between Liverpool and Birmingham will soon benefit from more frequent trains under a major timetable change from London Northwestern Railway (LNR).
    Currently, just one LNR train per hour connects the two cities for the majority of the day, with additional services at peak times. However, with passenger numbers continuing to rise, LNR is now introducing a second servic

  • London Northwestern Railway: Train service between Birmingham and Liverpool to double under major timetable change

    Rail passengers travelling between Birmingham and Liverpool will soon benefit from more frequent trains under a major timetable change from London Northwestern Railway (LNR).
    Currently, just one LNR train per hour connects the two cities for the majority of the day, with additional services at peak times. However, with passenger numbers continuing to rise, LNR is now introducing a second servic

  • London Northwestern Railway: Services to resume from Northampton station following flooding

    A limited train service will resume at Northampton station on Thursday (November 28) following severe flooding earlier this week during Storm Bert, operator London Northwestern Railway has confirmed.

    Due to ongoing infrastructure challenges caused by the flooding, a reduced hourly timetable will be in place when services resume, with passengers advised to check journey planners before trav

  • Storm Bert clean up: Passengers urged to check journeys as flood-damaged rail repairs continue in Northampton

    Rail engineers continue to work around the clock to repair flood-damaged railway equipment in Northampton after the River Nene burst its banks on Monday (25 November).
    Passengers are being advised that disruption on the West Coast Main Line through Northampton station is likely to continue for the rest of the week after severe flooding on Monday saw tracks, signals and other vital railway equip

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