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  • Passengers making the White Ribbon Promise at Birmingham Snow Hill station on Saturday 25 November

    Hundreds of West Midlands Railway passengers make White Ribbon Promise at Birmingham Snow Hill

    Hundreds of rail passengers pledged to help end violence against women and girls during a special event at Birmingham Snow Hill station to mark White Ribbon Day on Saturday (25 November).
    West Midlands Railway staff encouraged passengers to make the “White Ribbon Promise” by signing their name on a piece of ribbon on the station concourse and wearing a special pin badge.
    The White Ribbon cam

  • West Midlands Railway: Passengers reminded of upcoming December timetable change

    West Midlands Railway: Passengers reminded of upcoming December timetable change

    Passengers travelling with West Midlands Railway (WMR) are being reminded to check their journeys ahead of changes to the national railway timetable in December.
    Planners have been updated ahead of the change, which comes into effect on Sunday 10 December.
    Changes on the WMR network include:
    An increase to the number of trains running between Birmingham and Liverpool, with two trains per

  • London Northwestern Railway: passengers reminded of upcoming December timetable change

    London Northwestern Railway: passengers reminded of upcoming December timetable change

    Passengers travelling with London Northwestern Railway (LNR) are being reminded to check their journeys ahead of changes to the national railway timetable in December.
    Planners have been updated ahead of the change, which comes into effect on Sunday 10 December.
    Changes on the LNR network include:
    An increase to the number of trains running between Birmingham and Liverpool, wit

  • Episode Two of West Midlands Railway’s podcast features Pete Waterman and Francis Bourgeois

    Episode Two of West Midlands Railway’s podcast features Pete Waterman and Francis Bourgeois

    Music legend Pete Waterman and railway social media star Francis Bourgeois are among the guests on the second episode of West Midlands Railway’s “On The Rails” podcast, out today (Tue 21 Nov).
    In the second episode, pop empresario Pete explains his passion for the railway and how he wrote some of the UK’s most popular pop hits whilst travelling on the train. Social media sensation Francis also

  • London Northwestern Railway: Services resume on Marston Vale Line

    London Northwestern Railway: Services resume on Marston Vale Line

    Train services resumed this morning (Monday 20 November) on the Marston Vale Line between Bedford and Bletchley.
    Operator London Northwestern Railway (LNR) ran its first service on the line since December 2022 - the 7.18am departure from Bletchley.
    The line has been served by rail replacement buses since December 2022 after the company which maintained the Class 230 trains previously in use

  • Community projects given go-ahead thanks to funding from London Northwestern Railway

    Community projects given go-ahead thanks to funding from London Northwestern Railway

    Community rail projects have been given the go-ahead thanks to funding from London Northwestern Railway (LNR).
    Grants of up to £10,000 were made available through the latest round of LNR’s “Your Community, Your Fund” scheme, funded by the Department for Transport. The scheme is aimed at inspiring people to get involved with the railway and supporting established groups with projects which benef

  • Community projects given go-ahead thanks to funding from West Midlands Railway

    Community projects given go-ahead thanks to funding from West Midlands Railway

    Community rail projects have been given the go-ahead thanks to funding from West Midlands Railway (WMR).
    Grants of up to £10,000 were made available through the latest round of WMR’s “Your Community, Your Fund” scheme, funded by the Department for Transport. The scheme is aimed at inspiring people to get involved with the railway and supporting established groups with projects which benefit bot

  • The first Class 730 in passenger service pictured at Watford Junction - credit @DownOnTheStour

    London Northwestern Railway welcomes Class 730 fleet into passenger service

    London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has today (Mon 13 Nov) introduced the first of its Class 730 electric train fleet into passenger service on the West Coast Main Line.
    The first service was this morning’s 6.04am departure from Bletchley to London Euston, followed by the 7.24am return from Euston to Tring. Initially Class 730s will run six passenger services every weekday but this will be stepp

  • Marston Vale Line: Train services to resume on Monday 20 November

    Marston Vale Line: Train services to resume on Monday 20 November

    Train services on the Marston Vale Line between Bedford and Bletchley will resume on Monday 20 November, operator London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has confirmed today (Fri 10 Nov).
    The line has been served by rail replacement buses since December 2022 after the company which maintained the Class 230 trains previously in use on the route entered administration.
    Due to the very short platform

  • New Street’s new way to help passengers during Christmas markets

    New Street’s new way to help passengers during Christmas markets

    More support teams to help keep rail passengers and revellers safe at Birmingham New Street station are being introduced during this year’s Frankfurt Christmas markets.
    Since the summer, St John’s Ambulance volunteers and a dedicated anti-social behaviour team have been based in the station during busy weekend nights on a trial basis.
    It's helped tackle anti-social behaviour, such as drunken

  • Little Train Conductors at Birmingham New Street

    The UK's most obsessed mini train enthusiasts become conductors for the day

    Today (Wednesday 1 November), West Midlands Railway (WMR) hosted its greatly-anticipated event, giving mini train enthusiasts across the UK a once in a lifetime experience as part of its Little Train Conductor competition.
    11 lucky winners, aged between four and ten, lived out their wildest dreams this half-term as they boarded at Birmingham New Street station and experienced first-hand what i

  • Members of the Bricket Wood Station Heritage Trust at the official opening

    London Northwestern Railway: Hertfordshire railway station unveils tea room thanks to community grant

    A beautifully-restored tea room at a picturesque railway station in Hertfordshire is now officially open for business thanks to a grant from rail operator London Northwestern Railway (LNR).
    Bricket Wood station - on the Abbey Line between Watford Junction and St Albans Abbey – has benefited from a makeover thanks to £250,000 of funding from LNR and years of dedication to the project from local

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