Calling all connections! 📣 ..

If you know of schools in our local network that could benefit from travel training and station adoption, I'd love to hear from you. Let's work together to empower our communities! Reach out to us with your suggestions. #community #WMtrains

Our London Northwestern Railway station team at #Tamworth were pleased to welcome Sarah Edwards for Tamworth and representatives from Birmingham New Street to present an award to Marcus from VitalHumanResources (centre) for his work looking out for vulnerable passengers in times of crisis. ❤️👏

Some great work from our friends at Birmingham New Street in 'greening' our beautiful #GreatMalvern station 🌱🌿🌱

Empowering people to travel sustainably – especially via rail, as the lowest carbon mode for longer journeys – is critical to not only safeguarding our climate and achieving #NetZero , but also bringing profound benefits for improving people's lives and localities 🌍 #EarthDay

🌍 Reducing road travel is one change we can all make for #EarthDay2024 🌍 #RailTrails #Walkingroutes #Worcester #Worcester CRP
👉 Visit wcrp.org.uk/rail-trails to discover more.

It's back!! Take a vintage bus from Bromsgrove Station to Avoncroft this weekend for the International Living History Festival 2024 and travel back through time. WestMidlandsRailway Avoncroft Museum Transport Museum Wythall

🧒 Please remind children to stay safe around the railway.

⛔ It takes the average length of 20 football pitches for a train to come to a stop.⚽

We’ve got some great educational resources here 👇

networkrail.co.uk/communities/sa…

#Safety #Education

If I had four breakfast I would be able to activate the auto doors without hooman intervention

#cats #cats #Cat #Cat sOnTwitter #Cat sOfTwitter

Keep an eye out for our new #Class730 trains which have entered service on the Cross City Line today!

Yesterday, we carried out a revenue block at Wolverhampton with our colleagues at Avanti West Coast , Chiltern Railways , CrossCountry Trains , London Northwestern Railway and Trafnidiaeth Cymru Trenau Transport for Wales Rail ,

This joint exercise allowed us to cooperate to crack down on fare evasion across our networks.

A thread… 🧵 1/4

Thank you to Wales & Borders // Cymru a'r Gororau for showing me round Grade II listed Shrewsbury Crewe Junction Signal Box, ‘the other one’, during restoration works. Good to see it up close during restoration works while scaffolding in place. We are supporting this work with a grant.

🚉 Get inspired, get funded! 🚉

Your Community, Your Fund is on a mission to support community railway projects.
Check out Henley-in-Arden's station makeover, now a thriving community space.

Don't wait, apply now:
orlo.uk/siCOp

*Applications close April 16th, 2024

Episode 3 of “On The Rails” - the West Midlands Railway podcast - is now live 🎧

Find out about our new train fleets, how timetable changes are put into effect and how Jess Phillips MP tackles the crucial issue of women’s safety on the railway.

westmidlandsrailway.co.uk/about-us/news-…

Do you have a great idea for a project which could enhance one of our stations or the local community? Our 'Your Community, Your Fund' scheme is now open for applications until April 16 - see below for details.

🦺 Our engineers are busy doing overhead line inspections on the Cross City line between Birmingham New Street and Lichfield Trent Valley

🔧 This involves maintenance and identifying and fixing faults

🙏🏼 Thanks for your patience

✅ Check before you travel National Rail

Last night the team took home a Highly Commended award for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at SPOTLGHT Rail. We were delighted to be recognised for our work in ensuring that the railway is a place where everyone can thrive and make a difference #SPOTLIGHTRailAwards

🚨On Saturday we were joined by our blue light partners to test our joint emergency response plans

🦺Practical training exercises like this one held in the railway tunnel just outside #SuttonColdfield means we're prepared to respond if needed

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We had a great time at #CRA24 last night! A big congratulations to Bricket Wood Station Heritage Trust for winning 'Most Enhanced Railway Spaces' and to everyone else who was shortlisted! 🚆 #CRA24 #CommunityRail

♻️ Did you know you can recycle your hot drinks cups in the station?

Our recycling points are located here:

🔴 Red Zone
🔵 Blue zone
🟢 Green zone
ℹ️ Outside customer reception

It’s #GlobalRecyclingDay today so if you’re passing through the station why don’t you give it a go!

We deploy security teams across our network to keep the railway safe and assist passengers when major events are taking place. Here are some of the CarlisleSupServ team on a recent deployment in #Worcester