West Midlands Trains news – Page 3

  • West Midlands Trains EMUs at Five Ways
    Rail Business UK

    West Midlands Mayor holds off calling for West Midlands franchise termination

    2020-02-06T14:30:00Z

    West Midlands Mayor Andy Street tells Rail Business UK’s Tony Miles why he has held back on his threat to ask the Department for Transport to remove the West Midlands Trains franchise from Abellio.

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    Rail Business UK

    Non-PRM compliant trains get last-minute derogation

    2019-12-24T12:18:00Z

    UK: A few days ahead of the January 1 2020 deadline for ensuring compliance with tighter accessibility standards, the Department for Transport has granted limited dispensations for operators to keep in service for up to one year trains which do not meet the TSI-PRM requirements.

  • gb West Midlands Trains Class 196 CAF DMU
    Rail Business UK

    West Midlands Trains reveals first Class 196 DMU

    2019-12-18T09:37:00Z

    UK: West Midlands Trains has revealed the first of its CAF Civity Class 196 diesel multiple-units, which is now on test at the Velim circuit in the Czech Republic. The 12 two-car and 14 four-car DMUs were ordered in October 2017 at cost of around €200m, with ...

  • West Midlands Railway EMUs at at Five Ways (Tony Miles)
    Rail Business UK

    West Midlands Trains looks to roll back service changes

    2019-12-16T06:00:00Z

    UK: West Midlands Trains has conceded that its May 2019 timetable change did not work well, particularly for its London Northwestern division which implemented a radical change involving joining up into through trains services which previously terminated at Birmingham New Street. Accepting that ‘day to day ...

  • CAF is to supply 12 two-car and 14 four-car diesel multiple-units for regional and rural services around Birmingham from 2020.
    News

    Bombardier and CAF win West Midlands train contracts

    2017-10-16T23:01:00Z

    UK: Bombardier Transportation and CAF have been selected to supply rolling stock for the next West Midlands franchise, the West Midlands Trains Ltd consortium of Abellio, East Japan Railway and Mitsui & Co announced on October 17. Totalling 413 vehicles, the orders are worth £680m, with financing being led by ...

  • The West Midlands Trains Ltd consortium of Abellio, East Japan Railway and Mitsui & Co has been named preferred bidder for the West Midlands franchise.
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    East Japan Railway enters UK market with West Midlands franchise win

    2017-08-10T09:34:00Z

    UK: The West Midlands Trains Ltd consortium led by the Abellio subsidiary of Dutch national operator NS (70·1%) and the JREM Train 50:50 joint venture of East Japan Railway and Mitsui & Co (29·9%) was named preferred bidder for the West Midlands franchise by the Department for Transport on August ...