Midlands Connect has published a report claiming ‘massive’ benefits to major universities in the region from the rail link between Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham.
West Midlands Trains (WMT) has announced that it has come to a long-term maintenance contract to keep maintaining, servicing and cleaning CrossCountry’s Class 170 fleet at WMT’s Tyseley depot in Birmingham.
Train passengers make only 3% of trips from Coventry to Leicester, compared to 30% between Coventry and Birmingham.