North West & Central: Central news
A Christmas proposal at New Street station
Couple Darren and Rachael get engaged on Santa's sleigh at Birmingham New Street station
Virtual reality keeps Birmingham’s iconic power signal box alive
Virtual reality tours inside Birmingham’s iconic signal box are now online a year on from the much-loved building moving its last trains through New Street station.
Monkey business! Lost toddler’s toy returned after 600-mile rail adventure
A mother has thanked railway staff after her three-year-old’s cuddly toy monkey was lost and ended up on a 600-mile railway adventure even Paddington Bear would be proud of.
New Street’s new way to help passengers during Christmas markets
More support teams to help keep rail passengers and revellers safe at Birmingham New Street station are being introduced during this year’s Frankfurt Christmas markets.
Aylesbury rail route reopens for passengers and freight after HS2 work
Rail passengers and local people in Buckinghamshire are being thanked for their patience during a ten-week project to move a section of railway between Aylesbury and Princes Risborough to make way for Britain’s new high-speed line, HS2.
'Strikers in Saris' workers’ rights railway bridge mural revealed
A hand-painted mural on a railway bridge in Birmingham has been unveiled to commemorate South Asian immigrants who fought for equal working conditions 45 years ago.
Drones and leaf busting trains keeping rail routes clear this autumn
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, West Coast and Chiltern main lines this autumn.
Railways go back to the future with landmark partnership
A first-of-its-kind partnership between the Severn Valley Railway and Network Rail has been set up, signalling the start of an innovative relationship between the past and present railway.
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