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West Midlands
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8 May
West Midlands Metro: plans for east Birmingham extension revived as part of football club move
News
6 Feb
News Analysis: GBR searches for answers to ticketing simplification
News
17 Dec
New Devolution Framework unveiled could help Mayors control rail services
News
29 Nov
West Midlands transport review recommends major changes to help deliver projects on time and on budget
Features
27 Nov
Brunel viaduct receives makeover in readiness for new use as part of tram network
Features
25 Nov
GBR a "real winner" for West Midlands - TfWM's Mal Drury-Rose
Features
28 Oct
Obstacles to growth of the West Midlands Metro
News
7 Aug
Rising costs put West Midlands Metro extensions under threat
News
25 Jul
Autumn 2025 opening as Camp Hill Line stations hit by further delays
News
19 Jul
West Midlands mayor calls for urgent review into West Midlands transport projects
News
2 Jul
London Northwestern plans to extend Euston-Crewe service to Manchester Victoria
Network
1 Feb
Private investment might link West Midlands-Greater Manchester by rail
Network
1 Feb
Contactless fares coming for West Midlands and Greater Manchester
Network
25 Jan
Birmingham’s Eastside Metro delayed until 2027
Network
20 Sep
HS2’s Interchange station to create 1,000 extra jobs
Network
16 Jul
£370 million Solihull Interchange contract awarded
Network
19 Feb
Midland Metro’s eastward extension plans placed on hold
Network
19 Dec
Firms encouraged to ready HS2 bids
Network
16 Dec
HS2 in Midlands employs thousands
Network
24 Nov
West Midlands halts trams after discovery of cracks
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Network Rail "can't support" Lumo Paignton plans as it outlines capacity concerns
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Two new open access cross-country routes set to be submitted to rail regulator
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Network Rail states objections to Hull Trains' Sheffield plan and proposed extra LNER service
News
Signal theft discovered by staff when trying to clear line for freight train
News
Network Rail unlikely to support any new West Coast Main Line track access plans - apart from one
Fleet
Latest GBRf Class 69 livery pays tribute to long-lost testbed locomotive
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Proposal to increase Old Oak Common line speed submitted by Network Rail
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GBRf discussing plans for ten Class 99s to be ETS fitted and have 100mph top speed
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Virgin scales back West Coast Main Line open access plan
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Comment: retirement rates will sharpen skills shortages
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Alliance Rail details finalised Waterloo-Marchwood open access proposal as plan is submitted
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Go-op targeting investors with rail industry knowledge after struggling to raise start-up funds
Fleet
New turns for GWR Castle HST sets as part of May timetable changes
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Open access to cost LNER £1.1bn over next decade in abstracted revenue, report claims
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Date Greater Anglia will be nationalised is confirmed
Fleet
New turns for GWR Castle HST sets as part of May timetable changes
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HS2 CEO: "We only get one shot" at reset as he explains how project has become "discontinuous"
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