Press beats Post
Better late than never.
London Midland and Wasps to run rugby specials
Additional rugby special services on match days announced.
Campaign for Rail – Chance to meet Chiltern Stations Manager
The Midlands based rail champion, Campaign for Rail will be holding its inaugural Annual General Meeting tomorrow at the Atrium, Moor Street Station
Sleepers could boost Scottish links to Birmingham
A rail lobby group has suggested that the new “micro-franchise” for Anglo-Scottish sleeper trains should improve links between the West Midlands and the Scottish Highlands.
Buy on the go with London Midland’s new ‘ticket office in your pocket’
Buying train tickets on the go has just got a whole lot easier, with the launch of London Midland’s new mobile ticketing website.
Overground and Underwhelmed
Stage 1 of the £598m New Street Station redevelopment opened last week. The Birmingham press were impressed, the Birmingham Press wasn’t. Steve Beauchampé reports.
Electric Railway Museum opening for the first time this year
Rail enthusiasts in Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond are gearing up for a treat in May, as award-winning Electric Railway Museum opens for the first time this year
Birmingham: More canals than Venice, more congestion than Naples
Birmingham proposals aim to cut traffic problems
Birmingham: Squeezed or invisible?
We’ve heard of the ‘squeezed middle’, but has Birmingham and the wider region become the ‘invisible middle’, at least to Westminster? Steve Beauchampé reports.
“HS2 will boost Birmingham’s growing visitor economy”
HS2 will have a tremendous impact on Birmingham’s growing visitor economy, says Marketing Birmingham chief executive Neil Rami.
That’s close enough!
Supporters of the high-speed railway line are keen to bring London closer to Birmingham but Alan Clawley argues that it’s already close enough.
‘Haitch’ Ess two – top toff transport
An imaginary scene from; ‘Yes Prime Minister.’
Rail bosses attempt to win increased funding
Local transport chiefs will lobby Westminster in an attempt to get greater funding for the region’s railways
Review: Lost Railway Journeys
Andy Goff enjoys a trip down memory track.
West Midlands Campaign for Better Transport: An invitation
Rail commuters from the West Midlands are being urged to come forward and bring their concerns about local rail services in the West Midlands to campaigners
Centro Opposed to Unmanned Stations
It’s been claimed today that proposed job cuts by train company London Midland will provide a poor impression of the region to visitors.
Help For rail users
Cycling commuters in the Black Country have been given added security.
Trouble on the railways – continued
Opposition continues to grow to London Midland’s plans to reduce staffing levels at their stations.
Trouble on the railways
Local rail company London Midland have run into trouble with their latest proposal to cut services