• Home

  • News - The Railway Terminus

  • Videos

  • Subscribe

  • Contact

  • More

  • More

    • All Posts
    • Bala Lake Railway
    • Battery/Electric Trains
    • Books
    • Cardiff
    • Churnet Valley Railway
    • Computers/WiFi
    • Cornwall
    • Cotswold Rail
    • Crossrail
    • Dartmouth Steam Railway
    • Devon
    • Diesels
    • Dorset
    • East West Rail
    • East Somerset Railway
    • Employment
    • Environment
    • First Group
    • Freight
    • GB Railfreight
    • Great Western Railways
    • Health & Safety
    • HS2
    • Hydrogen Trains
    • Infrastructure
    • Investment/Funding
    • Level Crossings
    • Metro Systems
    • Network Rail
    • New Rolling Stock
    Search
    rodneypitt9
    • a day ago
    • 2 min

    Chancellor Gives Go head for WM stations and help for Apprenticeships

    Plans to re-open rail stations in Darlaston and Willenhall will go ahead after Chancellor Rishi Sunak provided funding in his Budget. The...
    0 views0 comments
    £50m Rail Improvements around HS2 Station unveiled in Budget
    rodneypitt9
    • a day ago
    • 2 min

    £50m Rail Improvements around HS2 Station unveiled in Budget

    The government will provide £50m to develop proposals for transport improvements around the High Speed 2 Birmingham Interchange Station. ...
    0 views0 comments
    New West Midlands Rail Stations get £60m boost
    rodneypitt9
    • 3 days ago
    • 1 min

    New West Midlands Rail Stations get £60m boost

    Plans have been put forward for Kings Heath station and two others in Birmingham on the Camp Hill line (West Midlands Rail Executive) The...
    0 views0 comments
    West Midlands Stations Awarded £59m Funding
    rodneypitt9
    • 4 days ago
    • 2 min

    West Midlands Stations Awarded £59m Funding

    Moseley Station 1910 (Courtesy Andy Doherty) The opening of five new rail stations in the West Midlands is set to be bolstered after the ...
    0 views0 comments
    Railways Set For Work As Lockdown Continues
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 25
    • 1 min

    Railways Set For Work As Lockdown Continues

    MORE than 6km of railway track is being replaced across the West Midlands as the rail industry looks to recover from the pandemic. Networ...
    0 views0 comments
    Stourbridge Dasher to Brierley Hill and the Metro?
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 25
    • 2 min

    Stourbridge Dasher to Brierley Hill and the Metro?

    Stourbridge's MP and the West Midlands Mayor have announced plans for a multi-million pound bid for a new passenger train service from St...
    0 views0 comments
    Midlands Leaders Reveal £400m Plan to Improve Road, Rail And Metro Services
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 25
    • 3 min

    Midlands Leaders Reveal £400m Plan to Improve Road, Rail And Metro Services

    Snow Hill Station, 1962 (Geoff Hill) The region is asking Chancellor Rishi Sunak for funding for improvements including a new platform at...
    2 views0 comments
    Major Metro extension works set to start in Dudley
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24
    • 3 min

    Major Metro extension works set to start in Dudley

    PLANS to extend the Metro between Wednesbury and Brierley Hill are set to intensify this spring when main construction works get underway...
    1 view0 comments
    Cat-astrophe averted: Missing Moggy’s Purr-mingham New Street Adventure
    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 24
    • 2 min

    Cat-astrophe averted: Missing Moggy’s Purr-mingham New Street Adventure

    Network Rail's Lucy with Storm A cat missing since Christmas Day has been reunited with her owner after a journey through one of Britain’...
    0 views0 comments
    Metro Extension to Digbeth Moves Closer
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 2 min

    Metro Extension to Digbeth Moves Closer

    A West Midlands Metro extension linking Digbeth with the city centre has moved a step forward with the much-anticipated light rail route ...
    0 views0 comments
    New Designs for Railway Station Redevelopment
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20
    • 2 min

    New Designs for Railway Station Redevelopment

    Updated plans for the redevelopment of Perry Barr railway station have been submitted to Birmingham City Council, after the original desi...
    0 views0 comments
    {"items":["604116d47681cf0032d02ba1","6040f10d1a06db00154e0c13","603e29ab9bc312001596dc62","603d0e62505b8200574f7b99","6037e16ef624d5002dda9758","6037def5ffd4850018769fd6","603781f33edf1b002d211954","6036939cfadc1f0017ecc01e","6036737acbde3b0017c3df95","60085bf0b3b5b500178e907e","60085cdab728dd0017ba07cb"],"styles":{"galleryType":"Columns","groupSize":1,"showArrows":true,"cubeImages":true,"cubeType":"fill","cubeRatio":1.3333333333333333,"isVertical":true,"gallerySize":30,"collageAmount":0,"collageDensity":0,"groupTypes":"1","oneRow":false,"imageMargin":32,"galleryMargin":0,"scatter":0,"rotatingScatter":"","chooseBestGroup":true,"smartCrop":false,"hasThumbnails":false,"enableScroll":true,"isGrid":true,"isSlider":false,"isColumns":false,"isSlideshow":false,"cropOnlyFill":false,"fixedColumns":1,"enableInfiniteScroll":true,"isRTL":false,"minItemSize":50,"rotatingGroupTypes":"","rotatingCropRatios":"","columnWidths":"","gallerySliderImageRatio":1.7777777777777777,"numberOfImagesPerRow":1,"numberOfImagesPerCol":1,"groupsPerStrip":0,"borderRadius":0,"boxShadow":0,"gridStyle":1,"mobilePanorama":false,"placeGroupsLtr":true,"viewMode":"preview","thumbnailSpacings":4,"galleryThumbnailsAlignment":"bottom","isMasonry":false,"isAutoSlideshow":false,"slideshowLoop":false,"autoSlideshowInterval":4,"bottomInfoHeight":0,"titlePlacement":"SHOW_ON_THE_RIGHT","galleryTextAlign":"center","scrollSnap":false,"itemClick":"nothing","fullscreen":true,"videoPlay":"hover","scrollAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","slideAnimation":"SCROLL","scrollDirection":0,"scrollDuration":400,"overlayAnimation":"FADE_IN","arrowsPosition":0,"arrowsSize":23,"watermarkOpacity":40,"watermarkSize":40,"useWatermark":true,"watermarkDock":{"top":"auto","left":"auto","right":0,"bottom":0,"transform":"translate3d(0,0,0)"},"loadMoreAmount":"all","defaultShowInfoExpand":1,"allowLinkExpand":true,"expandInfoPosition":0,"allowFullscreenExpand":true,"fullscreenLoop":false,"galleryAlignExpand":"left","addToCartBorderWidth":1,"addToCartButtonText":"","slideshowInfoSize":200,"playButtonForAutoSlideShow":false,"allowSlideshowCounter":false,"hoveringBehaviour":"NEVER_SHOW","thumbnailSize":120,"magicLayoutSeed":1,"imageHoverAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imagePlacementAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","calculateTextBoxWidthMode":"PERCENT","textBoxHeight":0,"textBoxWidth":200,"textBoxWidthPercent":50,"textImageSpace":10,"textBoxBorderRadius":0,"textBoxBorderWidth":0,"loadMoreButtonText":"","loadMoreButtonBorderWidth":1,"loadMoreButtonBorderRadius":0,"imageInfoType":"ATTACHED_BACKGROUND","itemBorderWidth":1,"itemBorderRadius":0,"itemEnableShadow":false,"itemShadowBlur":20,"itemShadowDirection":135,"itemShadowSize":10,"imageLoadingMode":"BLUR","expandAnimation":"NO_EFFECT","imageQuality":90,"usmToggle":false,"usm_a":0,"usm_r":0,"usm_t":0,"videoSound":false,"videoSpeed":"1","videoLoop":true,"jsonStyleParams":"","gallerySizeType":"px","gallerySizePx":940,"allowTitle":true,"allowContextMenu":true,"textsHorizontalPadding":-30,"itemBorderColor":{"value":"rgba(230, 230, 230, 0.75)"},"showVideoPlayButton":true,"galleryLayout":2,"targetItemSize":940,"selectedLayout":"2|bottom|1|fill|true|0|true","layoutsVersion":2,"selectedLayoutV2":2,"isSlideshowFont":false,"externalInfoHeight":0,"externalInfoWidth":0.5},"container":{"width":940,"galleryWidth":972,"galleryHeight":0,"scrollBase":0,"height":null}}