Rail services on a major line have been hit with disruption after trees were blown onto the line. West Midlands Railway put out a message to say that rail services between Worcester, Kidderminster and Stourbridge were blocked due to the trees being blown on by Storm Claudia.

The 'persistent and heavy' rain that is hitting the country is causing chaos across travel networks including train services - with Birmingham New Street services affected

Beaulieu Park, the first new station on the Great Eastern Main Line in 100 was officially opened on October 27. Department for Transport announces plans to reopen two-mile line to passenger traffic.

Network Rail has said that engineers 'worked throughout the night' to move an 11-carriage Avanti West Coast train, which came off the rails on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) near Shap, Cumbria. Eighty-seven people were on board when the train struck a landslide at around 80mph at around 6.15am on Monday, November 7.

DISRUPTION has hit a major rail route from the city, with the line closing due to heavy rain and flooding. Transport for Wales (TfW) has announced that the Hereford to Newport line has closed, with trains running through the stations to be cancelled, delayed, or revised.

Storm Claudia is causing hundreds of train cancellations across the UK. The Met Office has issued amber warnings for rain across a swathe of England and Wales, north of a line between Cambridge and Cardiff as far as Lincolnshire, the Midlands and mid-Wales.

The network currently links Wolverhampton to central Birmingham and Edgbaston with trams operating every six to eight minutes at peak times. Construction work is under way on two extensions routes from Wednesbury to Merry Hill Shopping Centre, via Dudley town centre, and the Birmingham Eastside extension to High Street, Deritend in Digbeth.

A LONG-LOST rail link could soon return as part of a major rail investment that promises new jobs and better connections across the country. The service, which runs between Swindon and Birmingham,