West Midlands Trains to be nationalised
Passengers set for railways reset West Midlands Trains will return to public ownership from February 2026, as part of the government’s overhaul of.
Black Country
Politics
Transport
Transport
New bus lanes to cut delays
Cross-City routes promise faster commutes Work is set to begin on three major bus priority routes across Birmingham and the Black Country, with.
Transport
12m passengers on Cross City
West Midlands Railway’s new Cross City Line fleet of trains carried 12 million passengers in the first year of service. The line, which.
Development
Environment
Transport
Gatwick’s second runway approved
The government has given the green light to a second runway at Gatwick Airport in what ministers are describing as one of the.
Birmingham
Business News
Transport
Award for new Brum trains
A new fleet on trains deployed on Birminngham’s Cross Cuty Line has scooped a national award. West Midlands Railway (WMR)’s Class 730/0s landed.
Birmingham
Transport
Design for Moseley Station drop-off
Major roadworks begin next week Transport for West Midlands (TfWM) has unveiled the design for a new drop-off zone at Moseley Village Railway.
Business News
Transport
Chiltern warns of Tube strike impact
Chiltern Railways is reminding its customers to beware of upcoming industrial action on the London Underground. The Tube strike will impact Chiltern Railways.
People
Transport
World Affairs
Lisbon: “I could have been on that tram”
Eye-witness account from our reporter Jake Evans from the funicular tram crash site in Lisbon, Portugal. Portugal has declared a day of mourning.
Tech
Transport
Digital rail tickets trialled
App tracks passenger journeys Passengers in the East Midlands can now trial a new digital ticketing system designed to simplify rail travel and.
Europe
Politics
Tech
Transport
World Affairs
Von der Leyen flight disrupted
Suspected Russian GPS jamming A plane carrying European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen was forced to land manually in Bulgaria after suspected.