Plans for a new rail line connecting the West Midlands to the North West could be delivered at just 60 per cent of the cost of HS2’s cancelled Northern leg, according to Manchester Mayor Andy ...

Statues honouring the world-famous playwright William Shakespeare have been installed on train platforms along a West ...

UK: West Midlands Trains has confirmed that the much-delayed entry into service of its Class 730/2 Alstom Aventra EMUs is now expected to begin on June 9.

A key rail line in the West Midlands is blocked this afternoon, March 1, sparking a disruption alert. Travellers have been ...

emphasises the importance of a new rail link between the Midlands and the North West for both passenger and freight transport. The proposed line, led by a coalition of private sector organisations ...

A new fleet of electric trains is to be introduced onto the West Midlands Trains network ... They will then run on the Cross City Line, between Lichfield, Birmingham, Redditch and Bromsgrove ...

The mayors of the West Midlands and Greater Manchester have unveiled options to improve transport connectivity between the two regions, following the scrap of the HS2 line. Andy Street and Andy ...

Network Rail says it is working to stabilise overhead line equipment at Polesworth near Tamworth, meaning journeys between London, the West Midlands, the North West and Scotland may be delayed.

if we fail to put in place a plan soon to fix rail capacity and connectivity between the North and the Midlands, the already-congested West Coast Main Line and M6 will become major barriers to ...

The line has since been cleared and services are running, though travellers were warned to expect 'knock-on delays'. A West Midlands Railway train on a platform at Birmingham New Street A ...

Train capacity has been boosted for high speed rail in the West Midlands with the introduction of new rolling stock. Avanti West Coast said it has launched an initial six Hitachi-built Evero ...

The statues put the line on the map' A spokesperson for Network Rail ... from Friends of the Shakespeare Line (FoSL), Network Rail, West Midlands Railway and Chiltern Railways.