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  • London Northwestern Railway: Ticket office modernisation plans consultation extended

    London Northwestern Railway: Ticket office modernisation plans consultation extended

    Passengers are being given more time to respond to proposals published by London Northwestern Railway (LNR) to modernise the way train tickets are sold at stations.
    The company, alongside other train operators in England, has today (July 26) announced that the consultation will be extended to Friday 1 September – an extra five and a half weeks.
    By extending this period, LNR is giving passeng

  • West Midlands Railway: Ticket office modernisation plans consultation extended

    West Midlands Railway: Ticket office modernisation plans consultation extended

    Passengers are being given more time to respond to proposals published by West Midlands Railway (WMR) to modernise the way train tickets are sold at stations.
    The company, alongside other train operators in England, has today (July 26) announced that the consultation will be extended to Friday 1 September – an extra five and a half weeks.
    By extending this period, WMR is giving passengers ad

  • West Midlands Railway: Impressive time-lapse video released after Trent Valley line upgrades

    West Midlands Railway: Impressive time-lapse video released after Trent Valley line upgrades

    Major upgrades on the Trent Valley line to improve future rail journeys for passengers and freight services are now complete.
    The railway reopened today (Monday 24 July) after essential improvements to the West Coast main line through Staffordshire.
    During a nine-day railway closure, Network Rail replaced 2,000 metres of track, 3,000 new railway sleepers and laid 2,500 tonnes of track founda

  • London Northwestern Railway: Impressive time-lapse video released after Trent Valley line upgrades

    London Northwestern Railway: Impressive time-lapse video released after Trent Valley line upgrades

    Major upgrades on the Trent Valley line to improve future rail journeys for passengers and freight services are now complete.
    The railway reopened today (Monday 24 July) after essential improvements to the West Coast main line through Staffordshire.
    During a nine-day railway closure, Network Rail replaced 2,000 metres of track, 3,000 new railway sleepers and laid 2,500 tonnes of track founda

  • London Northwestern Railway: Emergency bleed kit cabinet installed at Northampton station

    London Northwestern Railway: Emergency bleed kit cabinet installed at Northampton station

    A life-saving emergency bleed kit cabinet is now installed at Northampton station, as the result of a partnership project between community organisation Off the Streets NN, Northampton Town Council and Northamptonshire Police.
    The cabinet, containing a bleed control kit, is located on the train station’s external wall to the side of the main pedestrian entrance on Black Lion Hill and can be ac

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

    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

  • London Northwestern Railway launches podcast to help keep passengers up to date

    London Northwestern Railway launches podcast to help keep passengers up to date

    Passengers travelling with London Northwestern Railway (LNR) 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 ho

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

    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

  • London Northwestern Railway unveils ticket office modernisation plans

    London Northwestern Railway unveils ticket office modernisation plans

    London Northwestern 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 proposa

  • West Midlands Railway unveils ticket office modernisation plans

    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

  • Fourteen London Northwestern Railway stations to receive Pay As You Go upgrade

    Fourteen London Northwestern Railway stations to receive Pay As You Go upgrade

    Fourteen stations operated by London Northwestern Railway (LNR) are to receive upgraded Pay As You Go technology as part of a major £20 million government investment.
    The stations, including Berkhamsted, Bletchley and Hemel Hempstead, are among 53 across the south-east of England to benefit from simpler and more flexible payment options thanks to the rollout of tap-in tap-out ticketing by the e

  • Writer Richard Lysons, LNR community strategy manager Vicky Cropper-Clarke and designer Nicky Thompson with the booklet

    Rail booklet launched highlighting amazing women from the London Northwestern Railway network

    A railway booklet detailing the lives, history and birthplaces of amazing women from areas across the London Northwestern Railway (LNR) network has been launched.
    Available for free at attractions listed inside the booklet, it details the lives of 27 extraordinary women from different areas between Liverpool and Watford Junction and how their stories can be discovered by rail.
    The booklet w

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