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New Street’s Christmas Eve meal returns as take-away for 2021
Birmingham New Street station’s highly successful Christmas Eve meal for the city’s homeless is returning once again as a take-out service.
Birmingham New Street sees busiest day since December 2019
The return of the Frankfurt Christmas markets made last Saturday the busiest day at Birmingham New Street station since before the Covid-19 pandemic.
‘Box structure’ flyover saves £70m and six months for East West Rail
Engineers have saved £70m of taxpayers’ money by using creative new methods to build a railway flyover as part of the East West Rail project.
East West Rail Alliance putting the environment first
More than 150,000 trees have been planted so far in a pledge to restore habitats and help tackle climate change during the building of new railway line between Oxford and Cambridge.
Passengers urged to ‘think in threes’ as Birmingham Christmas market returns
Passengers using Birmingham New Street station are being urged to ‘think in threes’ when the city’s famous Frankfurt Christmas market returns next week.
Free and fast WiFi for Birmingham New Street station passengers
Passengers at Birmingham New Street station can now get free and unlimited WiFi that is fast enough to support video calls and streaming.
East West Rail installs ‘railway first’ footbridge in Bicester
An innovative and near maintenance-free footbridge has been installed in Bicester to make crossing the railway safer for pedestrians and cyclists in future.
Leaf busting trains now out 24 hours a day on Midlands rail routes
A special fleet of ‘leaf-busting’ trains have started blasting leaves off the line to help keep passengers and freight moving across the West Midlands and Chiltern main line this autumn.
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