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  • West Midlands Railway launches podcast to help keep passengers up to date

    Passengers travelling with West Midlands Railway (WMR) are being invited to tune in on their train journey after the operator launched its first ever podcast.
    The podcast – titled On The Rails – will answer some of passengers’ frequently-asked questions about the railway as well as featuring insightful interviews with guests from across the industry.
    So if you’ve ever wanted to know how temp

  • Reminder to passengers at Lichfield Trent Valley ahead of six-month platform closure

    West Midlands Railway is reminding passengers at Lichfield Trent Valley that Cross City Line services will not call at the station for six months from Saturday 15 July.
    Platform 3 at the station is in need of urgent repair and will be entirely replaced as part of a £5.8million investment by Network Rail.
    The demolition of the existing platform and installation of a temporary step-free footbr

  • West Midlands Railway unveils ticket office modernisation plans

    West Midlands Railway has today (5 July) published proposals to modernise the way train tickets are sold at stations.
    The company, alongside other train operators in England, is proposing to bring employees out from behind ticket office windows to be closer to customers, providing an enhanced customer service role and greater visibility of staff on concourses and platforms.
    The proposals rep

  • Temporary end of the line in Lichfield for Cross City passengers

    Rail passengers are being advised about a six-month long project to completely rebuild platform 3 at Lichfield Trent Valley station to improve future journeys.
    Platform 3 is the last stop on the Cross City line directly above platforms 1 and 2 on the West Coast main line.
    Network Rail is investing £5.8m to improve the railway interchange, making journeys much more reliable for passengers usi

  • West Midlands Railway: Passengers advised to travel early ahead of play off final this weekend

    Coventry City fans travelling with West Midlands Railway (WMR) to Wembley for the Championship play off final are advised to travel early on Saturday 27 May.
    Services between Nuneaton – London Euston and Coventry – London Euston are expected to be very busy, particularly between 12pm and 3pm and from 7pm onwards.
    Passengers are advised to allow plenty of time for their journey and queueing s

  • Stratford Parkway station celebrates its tenth birthday

    Stratford-upon-Avon Parkway, the transportation hub providing convenient access to the town of Stratford for both commuters and tourists, is marking a decade since the railway station opened.

    The station, designed and built by Warwickshire County Council, opened its doors seven months ahead of schedule on May 19, 2013.
    The project was successfully delivered under budget and formed part

  • West Midlands Railway apprentice technician scoops national rail award

    A West Midlands Railway (WMR) apprentice technician has won “female apprentice of the year” at the 2023 Women in Rail awards.
    Rio Pearce, 21, from Rowley Regis, scooped the prestigious award whilst in her third and final year as an apprentice for WMR at Tyseley depot.
    Rio’s hands-on role includes the diagnosis and repair of train faults as well as safety-critical briefings and working closel

  • Passengers travelling with West Midlands Railway reminded of major timetable change this week

    West Midlands Railway is urging passengers to check their train times ahead of a major timetable change later this week.
    From Sunday 21 May WMR will be making a number of changes to its services, particularly impacting routes via Birmingham Snow Hill which include destinations such as Worcester, Kidderminster and Stratford-upon-Avon.
    Changes include:
    Train times on all routes via Bi

  • New lifesaving kit for Coseley railway station

    As part of a campaign to improve community safety, a brand-new public access bleed control cabinet has been installed at a busy commuter train station in Dudley.
    The new cabinet installed at Coseley train station, which is run by West Midlands Railway, will house a bleed control kit which can be accessed 24 hours a day in the event of an incident or an accident, not only on the station itself,

  • West Midlands Railway: Passengers urged to check train times ahead of major timetable change

    West Midlands Railway is urging passengers to check their train times ahead of a major timetable change later this month.
    From Sunday 21 May West Midlands Railway will be making a number of changes to its services, particularly impacting routes via Birmingham Snow Hill which include destinations such as Worcester, Kidderminster and Stratford-upon-Avon.
    Changes include:
    Train times o

  • Cross City Line: Lichfield Trent Valley to close for six months for platform refurbishment

    Passengers and local residents are being invited to find out more about vital Lichfield Trent Valley station upgrades starting this summer.
    Platform 3 will be replaced later this year in a £5.8m investment to keep the station safe for passengers on both the Cross City line to Birmingham and the West Coast main line.
    The planned work follows a short closure of the damaged platform 3 last yea

  • West Midlands Railway: Reduced rail service through Walsall due to emergency track repairs

    Rail passengers travelling to and from stations in the Walsall area are being urged to check their journeys today and tomorrow while urgent track repairs are carried out.
    West Midlands Railway is running a reduced service to stations including Walsall, Cannock and Rugeley Trent Valley and no trains at all are currently able to serve Bescot Stadium station, with rail replacement in operation.

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