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  • London Northwestern Railway offers free travel to military personnel and veterans for Remembrance Services

    London Northwestern Railway offers free travel to military personnel and veterans for Remembrance Services

    Veterans and serving military personnel attending this year’s Remembrance Sunday services can travel by rail for free, thanks to London Northwestern Railway (LNR).
    The offer applies to those attending the Submariners’ Remembrance Service in London on Sunday 3 November and all services of Remembrance on Sunday 10 November, including the national service at the Cenotaph in London.
    The rail ope

  • West Midlands Railway offers free travel to military personnel and veterans for Remembrance Services

    West Midlands Railway offers free travel to military personnel and veterans for Remembrance Services

    Veterans and serving military personnel attending this year’s Remembrance Sunday services can travel by rail for free, thanks to West Midlands Railway (WMR).
    The offer applies to those attending the Submariners’ Remembrance Service in London on Sunday 3 November and all services of Remembrance on Sunday 10 November, including the national service at the Cenotaph in London.
    The rail operator,

  • West Midlands Railway: Passengers reminded of five-day line closure impacting services to Birmingham Snow Hill

    West Midlands Railway: Passengers reminded of five-day line closure impacting services to Birmingham Snow Hill

    Passengers travelling with West Midlands Railway (WMR) are being reminded to plan ahead of a five-day line closure impacting trains to/from Birmingham city centre.
    A section of the Snow Hill line between Langley Green and Stourbridge Junction will be closed to trains while Network Rail carries out essential engineering works.
    During the works, which will take place from Sunday 27 October to

  • Charity train ride raises £22,000 as West Midlands Railway bids farewell to Class 323 fleet

    Charity train ride raises £22,000 as West Midlands Railway bids farewell to Class 323 fleet

    A charity train ride to bid a fond farewell to an electric train fleet which has served rail passengers in the West Midlands for three decades has raised £22,000 for good causes.
    Hundreds of rail enthusiasts boarded a pair of Class 323 trains for day trip between Birmingham and Liverpool yesterday (Sunday 29 September) as part of an event organised by West Midlands Railway (WMR) and the Branch

  • Awards roll in for West Midlands Railway's flagship University station

    Awards roll in for West Midlands Railway's flagship University station

    The redevelopment of University railway station in Birmingham has picked up three prestigious civil engineering industry awards, including project of the year.
    The project led by Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) and the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) won Large Project of the Year, Teamwork, and Overall Project of the Year at the ICE (Institution of Civil Engineers) West Midlands Awards.<

  • Cllr Jan Matecki (Warwickshire CC), Sir Jeremy Wright MP and Victoria Harris (West Midlands Railway)

    Bicycle hire scheme coming to Kenilworth Station following West Midlands Railway grant

    Passengers using Kenilworth station in Warwickshire will soon be able to hire folding bicycles to continue their journeys following a community grant from West Midlands Railway.
    The project - titled Unfolding Kenilworth - will see Brompton bike hire facilities introduced at the station after a successful application to WMR's "Your Community, Your Fund" scheme from Warwickshire County Council, b

  • London Northwestern Railway: Update on rollout of pay as you go with contactless technology to 14 stations

    London Northwestern Railway: Update on rollout of pay as you go with contactless technology to 14 stations

    The rollout of new pay as you go with contactless technology which had been due to go live at 14 stations operated by London Northwestern Railway (LNR) later this month has been delayed, it has been confirmed today.

    The stations, including Berkhamsted, Bletchley and Hemel Hempstead, are among dozens of locations across the south-east of England which will soon benefit from simpler and more

  • Charity train ride marks end of the line for West Midlands Railway’s popular Class 323 fleet

    Charity train ride marks end of the line for West Midlands Railway’s popular Class 323 fleet

    A special charity train ride will be held later this month to bid a fond farewell to an electric train fleet which has served rail passengers in the West Midlands for more than 30 years.
    The Class 323 fleet has been in operation on the Cross City Line through Birmingham since 1994, connecting the city with Sutton Coldfield, Lichfield, Redditch and Bromsgrove.
    More than three quarters of the

  • London Northwestern Railway: Ticket offer extended as thousands ride Marston Vale Line

    London Northwestern Railway: Ticket offer extended as thousands ride Marston Vale Line

    A promotional rail fare allowing passengers to travel on the Marston Vale Line for just £1 is being extended for a second time due to overwhelming demand, operator London Northwestern Railway has announced today (Wed 14 Aug).
    The special fare was introduced earlier this year to mark the reintroduction of the full timetable on the route between Bedford and Bletchley. The promotion was initially

  • Casey Bailey with the "Dear Brum" art installation at University station in Birmingham

    West Midlands Railway: "Love letter to Birmingham" unveiled at University station

    A popular poem celebrating the life, culture and community of Birmingham has been unveiled on the walls of one of the West Midlands’ busiest railway stations.
    Titled “Dear Brum”, the poem was written by Casey Bailey as a ‘love letter’ to the city. The installation, which was led by the University of Birmingham in collaboration with Casey and West Midlands Railway, has been unveiled at the new-l

  • West Midlands Trains receives White Ribbon UK accreditation for commitment to ending violence against women

    West Midlands Trains receives White Ribbon UK accreditation for commitment to ending violence against women

    Rail operator West Midlands Trains has received accreditation from White Ribbon UK after demonstrating the organisation’s commitment to ending violence against women.
    The three-year accreditation will allow WMT, which runs services under the West Midlands Railway and London Northwestern Railway brands, to develop an Action Plan which will promote the White Ribbon ideals as well as fundraising f

  • New Manchester to London train service proposal unveiled by London Northwestern Railway

    New Manchester to London train service proposal unveiled by London Northwestern Railway

    Proposals to run new train services between Manchester, the West Midlands and London Euston have been unveiled by rail operator London Northwestern Railway today (Monday 1 July).

    The plans are designed to improve connectivity between the Midlands and the North West and provide more choice for passengers. Under the proposals, London Northwestern Railway’s existing services between London Eus

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