Birmingham Mail - Tag - chiltern railways

Midland rail users urged to tell their views

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 04 Nov 2011 04:00:00 GMT

RAIL passengers are being urged to share their views about services in the region at an open surgery.

Anger over 25 per cent budget fare hike for Brummies

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 03 May 2011 06:58:00 GMT

A BUDGET rail ticket popular with passengers wanting cheap days out to London is to rocket in price by more than a quarter.

Birmingham rail misery as woman dies in train toilet fire

Birmingham Mail — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 06:05:00 GMT

TRAIN passengers faced hours of chaos between Birmingham and London as services were suspended after a woman died in a fire in a toilet.

Chiltern Railways hit with £500k fine

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 07:00:00 GMT

A RAIL firm running services from Birmingham to London is facing a £500,000 fine over breaches of its franchise agreement.

Chiltern Railways boss to be grilled by users on Twitter

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 06:14:00 GMT

PASSENGERS travelling on Chiltern Railways services can grill bosses by Twitter tomorrow.

Tycoons accused of plotting to get Birmingham’s £44 billion high speed rail line axed

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:58:00 GMT

Railways boss Adrian Shooter warned that mounting opposition to the HS2 project by wealthy villagers in Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire was based on “narrow self interest” and took no account of benefits that 225mph trains would bring to poorer parts of the country like the West Midlands. Urging supporters of HS2 to make their voices heard, he forecast that the proposed line between London and Birmingham might be “killed by apathy”.

Delay fears for £250 million rail scheme between Birmingham and London

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 08:59:00 GMT

A £250 million project to speed up trains between Birmingham and London has been taken over by Network Rail after it ran over schedule.

Chiltern Railways bosses expect to poach customers for Birmingham to London route

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 09:58:00 GMT

CHILTERN Railways bosses said they expected to poach thousands of customers from Virgin Trains this year with reduced journey times between Birmingham and London this year.

New Midland rail boss appointed

Birmingham Mail — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:00:00 GMT

A RAIL firm behind the £250 million upgrade of a key Birmingham passenger route has a new man at the helm – with a brief to cut journey times to London.

Train travellers warned of reduced service by Chiltern Railways

Birmingham Mail — Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:23:00 GMT

Train passengers trying to get home for Christmas are set to be hit by a reduced service after three rail operators, including Chiltern, were expected to cut their timetables by a quarter.