Work to start on new West Midlands stations
Construction work on two new railway stations in the Black Country will begin this spring following the final approval of government funding, announce in the…
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Budget approved for Birmingham’s Camp Hill line
The final £20 million of the funding to reopen the Camp Hill Rail line in Birmingham has been approved by West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA)…
Wolverhampton station nears completion
Phase 2 of the construction of Wolverhampton’s new railway station is nearing completion. Part of the city’s award-winning £150 million Interchange scheme, which is delivering…
Dudley Interchange to go ahead
Plans for a new £24 million bus and metro interchange in Dudley, West Midlands, can now move forward after West Midlands Combined Authority (WMCA) leaders…
Plans for new Perry Barr station go for approval
Plans for a new station at Perry Barr in Birmingham, first revealed in November 2019, have now been submitted to Birmingham City Council for approval…
New Moseley railway station receives approval
Birmingham City Council has granted planning permission for Moseley station, the third of the three proposed stations on the Camp Hill line – Moseley, Kings…
West Midlands Mayor presses PM to bring forward promised transport funding
Andy Street, Mayor of the West Midlands, has urged Prime Minister Boris Johnson to accelerate critical transport funding to help re-boot the region’s economy after…
Interim WMRE programme director to oversee new station developments
Amanda White, a former head of rail with Transport for Greater Manchester, has joined the West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) as interim programme director to…
West Midlands Railway suspends services to five stations
Five West Midlands stations on the Hereford to Worcester line are to lose their West Midlands Railway train services under a new timetable being introduced…
West Midlands NHS workers can travel free on trams and buses
Midand Metro will now allow all NHS staff working in hospitals and frontline medical facilities to travel for free during the outbreak – simply by…