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The West Midland Railway [1] was an early British railway company. It was formed on 1 July 1860 by the West Midland Railway Act 1860 (23 & 24 Vict. c. lxxxi) which merged several older railway companies. It was amalgamated with the Great Western Railway on 1 August 1863. It was the successor to the Oxford, Worcester and Wolverhampton Railway ...
Passenger journeys on the West Midlands rail franchise from 2010–11 to 2018–19 [6]. In April 2016, the Department for Transport (DfT) announced the shortlist of bidders for the West Midlands franchise, comprising the incumbent operator Govia, MTR Corporation, and West Midlands Trains: a consortium of Abellio (70%), JR East (15%) and Mitsui & Co (15%).
Map of the Birmingham & the West Midlands regional rail network (2017) WMRE was established in December 2017 as West Midlands Rail, a partnership of local transport authorities. [1] It has joint responsibility for overseeing rail services running within the region along with the Department for Transport, a central government department.
London Northwestern Railway Class 730/2 undergoing testing at Nuneaton. The Class 730 trains entered service on 13 November 2023 [19] and were the second new fleet to be introduced by West Midlands Trains, following the Class 196 which entered service on 17 October 2022.
Sileby railway station serves the industrial village of Sileby in Leicestershire, England. The station is located on the Midland Main Line , 106 miles 50 chains (171.6 km) north of London St Pancras .
The West Midlands rail network is divided into five zones, centred on Birmingham city centre. [3] This is mainly for the purpose of defining season ticket boundaries. For example, a ticket valid in zones 1 and 2 can be used for travel between any station in those zones, but cannot be used to travel to zone 3 or beyond.
Hamstead railway station serves the Hamstead, Great Barr and Handsworth Wood areas of Birmingham, England. It is located at the junction of Rocky Lane and Old Walsall Road, Hamstead, at Birmingham's border with the borough of Sandwell .
Local and urban services around the West Midlands were merged with former Silverlink Country services to form London Midland; The Liverpool – Nottingham – Norwich service (which had been threatened with a split [23]) and local trains in the East Midlands were combined with Midland Mainline services to form East Midlands Trains