Thursday 7th March 2024 The £56 million project to greatly increase the capacity of the West Midlands railway station called simply University has been completed with the new station opening at the end of January. It’s an impressive transformation. There’s no comparison to the cramped conditions of the old station with two newly constructed massive... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 21st November 2023 2023 hasn't exactly been a bumper year for new train introductions. Until now we've only had Stadler built Class 777s for Merseyrail and Class 231s for Transport for Wales back in January/February followed by c2c getting a few Class 720s for peak hour journeys, but on Monday last week West Midlands... Continue Reading →
Tuesday 15th November 2022 Aside from two new trains for Southend Pier it’s been three years since I’ve written a blog about new trains entering service. That’s because it’s been three years since any new trains entered service. Abellio owned West Midlands Trains' West Midlands Railway (WMR) division has recently broken that famine with the... Continue Reading →
Thursday 23rd May 2019 I headed north from Newcastle to Edinburgh with Cross Country first thing yesterday. It's always a pleasure to travel on this stretch of the East Coast Main Line (No 17 in my Hundred Best Train Journeys) especially with the late Spring early morning sun shining across the bays and coves as... Continue Reading →
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