Research commissioned by train operator Great Western Railway (GWR) has shown that UK railway stations could facilitate one million jobs and bring £79 billion in economic value within the next ten years.
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.
Crew training is still needed before trains can enter service later this year