£7 million benefit package for rail passengers
Passengers hit by delays and cancellations on London Midland services are to get a £7 million package of benefits.
Future of our railways
Rail experts will be meeting in Birmingham to discuss the future of rail transport in the West Midlands.
London Midland cancellations planned for today
Fifteen London Midland trains will be cancelled or changed today. Check the status of your train here.
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TRAIN: London Midland - West Midlands
London Midland services between Birmingham New Street and Redditch have been suspended due to problems with line side equipment at Kings Norton. Replacement buses are being arranged between Longbridge and Redditch.
Trains at complete standstill in Birmingham International
#BirminghamInternational Update 1 - Complete loss of signalling - No train movements in the area - Engineers are on-route to site.
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Trains at Birmingham International at a standstill
#BirminghamInternational - Complete loss of signalling at B'ham Intl station, a number of trains at a stand - apologies - more soon.
From @LondonMidland on Twitter:London Midland: Cancellations and changes to timetable
Alterations to journey timetables are planned for routes including:
Coventry to Nuneaton
Liverpool Lime Street to Birmingham New Street / Crewe
Birmingham New Street to Walsall / Rugeley Trent Valley
Wolverhampton to Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street to Worcester / Hereford
- Stratford upon Avon/Leamington Spa to Stourbridge Junction/Worcester/Great Malvern (via Birmingham Snow Hill)
£7 million benefit package for rail passengers
Passengers hit by delays and cancellations on London Midland services are to get a £7 million package of benefits.
Read the full storyNew London Midland timetable
The new timetable for London Midland trains can be viewed here.
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Drivers need better conditions to avoid delays says rail campaign group
Train drivers are continuously moving to companies who offer better conditions, according to Railfuture – an independent campaign for a better network, which is leaving London Midland short staffed.
Hundreds of trains have been cancelled since October, leading to London Midland issuing a new timetable to deal with a driver shortage.
London Midland hopes to resolve staffing problems with new timetable
London Midland train company is issuing a new timetable today, which it hopes will help with recent staffing problems.
Hundreds of trains have been affected since October, with lists of the cancelled trains appearing daily on their website.
The company blamed the loss of 30 drivers from the company within a short space of time - training replacements can take up to a year.
London Midland spokesman Daniel Skaife said: "The new timetable will kick in which gives us an opportunity to look at the way work is rostered so we can resolve the issue."
Seven new train drivers will also be starting work this month.
RAIL: LONDON MIDLAND, ATHERSTONE
#Atherstone Update 1 - Engineers are investigating a signal fault further up the line- #Crewe to #Euston services subject to c.10 min delays
From @LondonMidland on Twitter:#Atherstone - Owing to a signal fault, southbound trains cannot call at Atherstone - apologies - minibus ordered to run to/from #Nuneaton.
From @LondonMidland on Twitter:MP to hold talks over London Midland train chaos
The MP for Redditch Karen Lumley will today hold talks with the head of London Midland about the driver shortage, which has left hundreds of trains cancelled or delayed.
More than five hundred services have been affected since the start of October.
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