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West Midlands train services set to move to public ownership

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January 30, 2026
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London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway are set to move into public ownership from Sunday.

West Midlands train services set to move to public ownership

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January 30, 2026
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London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway are set to move into public ownership from Sunday.

Major disruption to Shropshire trains as urgent repairs take place

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January 19, 2026
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Urgent repairs are taking place to the railway between Telford Central and Wolverhampton, with major disruption expected until the end of the day. The line…

Do Not Travel: All West Midlands Railway services suspended

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January 9, 2026
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A Do Not Travel notice is in place with both London North Western Railway and West Midlands Railway after severe weather overnight. London Northwestern Railway…

DFTO announces major plans for train operators

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January 8, 2026
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The Department for Tranport Operator (DFTO) has announced major changes for publicly owned train operators during the coming year

Passengers numbers rise 12% across WMR and LNR services

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November 14, 2025
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Over 67.7 million journeys were made on WMR and LNR services in 2025

New festive £5 train tickets launched by West Midlands Railway

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November 6, 2025
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Festive Fiver tickets go on sale at West Midlands Railway

West Midlands Railway completes upgrade of Tyseley depot

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October 28, 2025
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West Midlands Railway (WMR) has revealed that it has reached a significant milestone in the upgrading of its maintenance capacity.

Sunday’s Greater Anglia transfer means half of operators now publicly owned

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October 10, 2025
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This Sunday (12 October), Greater Anglia’s services will transfer into public ownership under Great British Railways (GBR). This will mean that half of Britain’s train operators will no longer be owned by private companies.

London Northwestern Railway completes upgrades at Bletchley depot

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September 15, 2025
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London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has revealed that it has reached a major milestone in the introduction of one of Britain’s newest train fleets.