West Midlands Trains

West Midlands Railway has Class 196s out of traffic awaiting engine changes. WMR 196106 passes Pershore, on the North Cotswold Line, with the 0941 Tyseley LMD-Long Marston on February 14. STEPHEN WIDDOWSON.

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Separate supply chain problems hit both West Midlands Railway DMU fleets simultaneously

Operator's Class 172 and '196' fleets are affected by separate supply chain problems at the same time.

West Midlands Railway 5 Mar

West Midlands Train's 323202 at Selly Oak station. ALEX AYRE

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Hopes for more trains on Birmingham's Cross-City South line set to be dashed

Plans for the Camp Hill line look set to scupper plans for the restoration of Cross-City Line's pre-COVID timetable at the southern end of the route

West Midlands Railway 12 Dec

An East Midlands Trains Class 222 at Leicester. PETER FOSTER.

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Transport UK report marks successful first year of trading

Transport UK (TUK) has marked its first year of trading by publishing its “Year in Rail report”.

rail 4 Sept

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Midlands season tickets on barcode

Passengers travelling with East Midlands Railway and West Midlands Trains can now buy app-based barcode season tickets.

8 Aug

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Porterbrook to maintain West Midlands Class 172s

Rolling stock leasing company takes over maintenance of train fleet

11 Nov

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Bombardier showcases new West Midlands Aventra

New electric trains for West Midlands on test

11 Sept

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First brand new CAF train delivered to West Midlands Trains

First of 26 brand new diesel trains for West Midlands arrives at Tyseley

19 May

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Government warning for West Midlands Trains

“West Midlands Trains has failed to fulfil its obligations – to its franchise agreement and, most importantly, to its passengers" - Grant Shapps

10 Feb

TransPennine Express carriage, November 2022. ALAMY.

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COVER STORY: Northern to be axed... calls grow for TPE to follow

"The same process under way for Northern should be triggered with TransPennine for its unacceptable performance levels" - Henri Murison

15 Jan

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New Managing Director for West Midlands Trains

Former East Midlands Railway interim Managing Director to take over West Midlands Trains

14 Jan

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New trains for West Midlands begin testing in Czech Republic

Testing of CAF Class 196 diesel multiple units underway at Velim ahead of entry into service in second half of 2020

23 Dec

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Progress on new train fleets continues

Construction continues on even more new train fleets

27 Aug

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FROM THE FILES: Shrewsbury's record-breakers

Severn Bridge Junction signal box in Shrewsbury is currently the largest operational box of its kind in the world. PAUL STEPHEN visits to find out more

24 Aug

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First West Midlands D-Train unveiled

First Class 230 for Bedford-Bletchley line is unveiled by Vivarail

23 Aug

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No December timetable changes for eight TOCs

Eight operators will continue with their May timetable for 12 months instead of changing in December

10 Jul

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Vivarail’s D-Trains confirmed for Bedford-Bletchley

West Midlands Trains deal confirmed for Vivarail Class 230s.

1 Mar

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No Sunday service as Kenilworth finally set to open

Kenilworth station opening date, but no Sunday service.

19 Feb