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Representatives from West Midlands Railway, communities and local councillors unveil the artwork.

Vintage artwork unveiled at Small Heath station in Birmingham

Passengers using West Midlands Railway services from Small Heath in Birmingham are enjoying a vintage feeling thanks to a new community art project.
A new poster highlights the fast journey time - as little as four minutes - for passengers to reach the city centre and has been designed in art deco style to reflect that the station first opened in 1908.
The project is the first in a series of

Railway lovers in Worcestershire invited to find out more about Community Rail Partnership

Railway lovers in Worcestershire invited to find out more about Community Rail Partnership

Rail lovers in Worcestershire are being invited to find out more about the work of the county's Community Rail Partnership (CRP) next week.
The partnership, which works to connect railway stations with their local communities, is holding a drop-in session at the Worcester Guildhall from 10.30am - 2.30pm on Friday 23 July.
Visitors can learn more about the work of the CRP, enter a competition

West Midlands Railway urges passengers to check before travelling on Sunday

West Midlands Railway urges passengers to check before travelling on Sunday

West Midlands Railway (WMR) is urging passengers planning to travel this Sunday to check their journeys as timetables may be subject to short-notice alterations.

Fewer services are expected to run across the network due to increased numbers of train crew self-isolating coupled with ongoing delays to the company’s driver training programme caused by the pandemic. Planned engineering works ar

London Northwestern Railway running special timetable on Sunday

London Northwestern Railway running special timetable on Sunday

London Northwestern Railway (LNR) passengers travelling to and from London this Sunday (July 11) are being urged to check their journeys as a special timetable will be in operation.

With thousands of football fans expected to head into London for the final of Euro 2020 at Wembley, the timetable is being introduced to ensure LNR runs the longest trains possible on services into Euston. It ha

Railway upgrade work between Walsall and Cannock

Railway upgrade work between Walsall and Cannock

Passengers in the West Midlands will have better, smoother journeys thanks to track renewal on the line between Walsall and Cannock.
The £500,000 investment will mean more reliable journeys on the Chase line which connects Rugeley Trent Valley with Birmingham New Street via Walsall.
Work began at the weekend and is taking place over four consecutive Sundays during which parts of the railway

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