Transport and Travel News & Updates
- 1st August 2025
Rail services operated by West Midlands Trains will transfer to public control from 1 February, 2026, it was announced yesterday.
Reliable and up-to-the-minute bus departure information will soon be available to smartphone users at the tap of their screen at all bus stops across the region.
Thought provoking artworks have been installed at five railway stations in the West Midlands, promoting action against violence towards women and girls.
West Midlands mayor Richard Parker has vowed to revolutionise the region’s buses after giving the green light to proposals that will bring the network back under public control for the first time in almost 40 years.
- 28th February 2025
West Midlands Metro has embarked on a new chapter with the launch of a new way to pay for travel on the expanding tram network
- 21st February 2025
West Midlands mayor Richard Parker has secured a 30 per cent increase in the region’s highway repair funding to fill more potholes, resurface bad roads and give motorists a smoother drive.
A transport scheme is set to improve public transport, walking and cycling infrastructure around Sutton Coldfield.
- 10th January 2025
Consultation over the biggest shake up of regional bus services in decades was launched by West Midlands mayor Richard Parker yesterday – with a rallying cry for people to take part.
Free weekday evening travel is being offered across the West Midlands, on all bus services, in the run up to Christmas this year, in a unique move never seen before on this scale in the UK.
- 22nd November 2024
West Midlands Railway passengers will be encouraged to open up about allyship this White Ribbon Day (Monday 25 November).