Rail passengers travelling between Stafford and Rugby are being urged to ‘look before they book’ ahead of a month of weekend railway upgrades.
The major improvements to the Trent Valley Line will see new railway track laid and signalling – the traffic lights of the railway – improved.
Once complete, it will mean smoother, more reliable journeys for passengers who use this busy stretch of the
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
West Midlands Railway is asking passengers to keep wearing face coverings from Monday (19 July) as Covid restrictions are eased. The train company is also warning rail users to expect more short-notice cancellations as increasing numbers of staff are getting ‘pinged’ by the Test and Trace app.
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 (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
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
The second half of the new-look Wolverhampton Station has formally opened to the public today (Monday 28 June).
Railway chiefs have paid tribute to the community spirit of the West Midlands after record numbers of people stepped forward to care for their local stations.
Rail passengers in the West Midlands will have a little extra inspiration and entertainment when travelling on the Shakespeare Line from today with the release of 18 specially-written poems.
Rail passengers in Herefordshire and Worcestershire are being invited to discover their artistic sides while taking the train thanks to a new poetry project.
Rail operator West Midlands Trains has been hailed for its commitment to inclusion and diversity at a prestigious national awards ceremony.
West Midlands Railway is urging passengers in Worcestershire to check their journeys over the Spring Bank Holiday Weekend while essential engineering works take place.
