Villa Park will host England v Andorra this weekend meaning busier trains and stations on Saturday (6 September).
The World Cup qualifier, which kicks-off at 5pm, will bring thousands of football fans into Birmingham. Trains and stations serving Villa Park are expected to be packed with fans from Saturday afternoon onwards, especially in the build up to the game and immediately afterwards.
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The Abbey Line Community Rail Partnership (CRP) is celebrating its 20th anniverary with a unique collaboration that brings together rail heritage, wildlife, and local craft brewing.
The CRP has teamed up with Pope’s Yard Brewery in North Watford to commission a special guest beer, inspired by the Abbey Flyer – the affectionate nickname for the branch line running from Watford Junction to St Alb
Rail journeys on the West Coast Main Line through Staffordshire have been improved thanks to major railway upgrades this August.
Network Rail has invested £12.5m renewing tracks, points, bridges and viaducts over the last three weeks.
The work took place during a rare 21-day closure of a 50-mile stretch of the route from Stone through Stoke-on-Trent to Stockport where a major £20m bridge pro
West Midlands Railway (WMR) is celebrating International Dog Day by officially announcing its first canine station adopter, a 6-year-old border terrier called Bertie.
‘Kennel-worth’ Station has been adopted by a group of 10 local volunteers, including pet owner John Boothroyd, who brings Bertie with him to the station to help with his duties.
The community engagement team at WMR organised
Journeys through Birmingham will be severely impacted this Bank Holiday due to essential track work and industrial action by CrossCountry.
Network Rail's long-planned work to invest £600,000 upgrading 450 metres of tightly curved track which connects the Camp Hill line with the main line between Birmingham and Coventry will take place on Sunday 24 and Monday 25 August.
It will see changes to
Station safety teams are being used in the West Midlands to help resolve issues before they can delay passengers' journeys.
The teams - being used at 30 stations between Wolverhampton and Coventry, between Lichfield and Bromsgrove, and at some stations between Solihull and Langley Green - are being used on platforms and trains to provide help and support to passengers and keep trains on time.
Today (6 August 2025) London Northwestern Railway (LNR) has revealed London’s five most popular attractions amongst savvy train passengers who snagged savings last summer, giving families the chance to save £200.
National Rail’s Days Out Guide offers 2 for 1 deals and 1/3 off in savings for attractions on behalf of train operators across London and nationwide, with the only caveat being that vi
