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  • West Midlands Railway and Susan Vickers Foundation launch free rail travel for care-experienced people

    Dozens of care-experienced people across the West Midlands are set to enjoy free train travel thanks to a new partnership between West Midlands Railway (WMR) and the Susan Vickers Foundation.
    The initiative will award complimentary rail passes to 40 members of the Foundation, a Wolverhampton-based charity which supports care-experienced people and care-leavers. Each pass provides unlimited trav

  • West Midlands Railway celebrates one year of Wolverhampton Mental Health Hub

    Thousands of vulnerable people have accessed mental health support from a facility at Wolverhampton Railway Station since it opened one year ago.
    Offering one-to-one support, information and signposting, ‘The Hub’ is run by West Midlands Railway (WMR) in partnership with Rethink Mental Illness who maintain and staff the site. In addition to its day-to-day offering, The Hub also offers space to

  • National award for West Midlands Railway station worker who launched mental health support facility

    A long-serving West Midlands Railway (WMR) worker who helped launch a mental health hub at the station where she works has been honoured with a national award.
    Sam Passmore, a customer experience manager at Wolverhampton station, was named Wellbeing Champion at the 2025 Heart of Gold Awards run by the Railway Benefit Fund.
    Working with colleagues in WMR, Sam was recognised for her work estab