{"id":351361,"date":"2026-01-19T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/?p=896109"},"modified":"2026-01-19T04:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T18:00:00","slug":"first-caledonian-sleeper-runs-from-birmingham-to-the-scottish-highlands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=351361","title":{"rendered":"First Caledonian Sleeper runs from Birmingham to the Scottish Highlands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Caledonian-Sleeper.15.1.2026.005-1-1091x720.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"L-R Andrew Lovett OBE, Chair, West Midlands Tourism &amp; Hospitality Advisory Board, Karen Grinsell, Leader, Solihull Council, Helen Bates, Acting Managing Director, Greater Birmingham Chambers of Commerce, Steven Harrison, Birmingham International Airport, Surface Access Officer, Peter Sargant, Head of Rail Policy &amp; Strategy West Midlands Rail Executive, Graham Kelly, Managing Director, Caledonian Sleeper, Nikki Bairns, Head of Transport, Strategy and Planning, Birmingham Airport\" style=\"display: block; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; max-width: 100%;\" decoding=\"async\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Caledonian-Sleeper.15.1.2026.005-1-1091x720.jpg 1091w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Caledonian-Sleeper.15.1.2026.005-1-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Caledonian-Sleeper.15.1.2026.005-1-768x507.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Caledonian-Sleeper.15.1.2026.005-1-750x495.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Caledonian-Sleeper.15.1.2026.005-1-360x238.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Caledonian-Sleeper.15.1.2026.005-1-624x412.jpg 624w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Caledonian-Sleeper.15.1.2026.005-1-600x396.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.railadvent.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Caledonian-Sleeper.15.1.2026.005-1.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>Caledonian Sleeper&#8217;s first journey from the English West Midlands to the Scottish Highlands took place overnight on Thursday 15 January. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caledonian Sleeper&#8217;s first journey from the English West Midlands to the Scottish Highlands took place overnight on Thursday 15 January. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3819,2406,3857,2533,2454,5935,2399,2370,2309,47,1781,3545,2376],"tags":[12406],"class_list":["post-351361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aberdeen","category-birmingham","category-birmingham-international","category-caledonian-sleeper","category-fort-william","category-francis-bourgeois","category-inverness","category-midlands","category-network","category-rail-news","category-scotland","category-scottish-highlands","category-west-midlands","tag-rail-advent"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=351361"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351361\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":351363,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/351361\/revisions\/351363"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=351361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=351361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}