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BBC News
07-04-2025
- Business
- BBC News
Skegness railway station revamp on hold as contractor pulls out
Work on a £3.3m redevelopment of Skegness railway station has been put on hold after the contractor pulled Midlands Railway (EMR) confirmed that Taziker Ltd had stopped work on the scheme and it is now seeking a new partner to complete project, funded by money from the government's Town Deal fund, is designed to reconfigure the layout of the station to improve passenger flow.A spokesperson for EMR said: "We are working swiftly to appoint a new delivery partner to ensure construction is completed as soon as possible." "We remain fully committed to the redevelopment of Skegness station and are very excited about the customer and wider community benefits this project will deliver," the spokesperson had been due to be completed by 25 May and it was unclear how the latest development would affect the overall timescale of the project, the Local Democracy Reporting Service Ltd has been approached for comment. Listen to highlights from Lincolnshire on BBC Sounds, watch the latest episode of Look North or tell us about a story you think we should be covering here.
BBC News
05-04-2025
- BBC News
West Midlands families urged to take trains and save on days out
Families have been urged to travel by train to attractions in the West Midlands during the school Easter Midlands Railway revealed the region's five most popular attractions with passengers, who got discounts through train operators in spring last were the National Sea Life Centre, Alton Towers, ThinkTank, Legoland Discovery Centre and Cadbury firm spokesman Jonny Wiseman said: "Being able to get a discount just by catching the train is an easy way to save money on your day out this spring." The rail operator said a family of four could save more than £250 on two-for-one deals and savings of up to a third, with the only caveat being that visitors must travel by different discounts on offer this spring are listed in National Rail's Days Out in the West Midlands that currently have discounts available via the National Rail scheme include Putt Putt Social Telford, Warwick Castle, Alton Towers, Black Country Living Museum and Birmingham Botanical Gardens, plus many more in Birmingham city centre. Follow BBC Birmingham on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
04-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Rail disruption warning ahead of Forest FA Cup semi final
Nottingham Forest fans are facing rail disruption on the weekend of the FA Cup semi-finals after engineering works were Midlands Railway (EMR) said services will be "extremely busy and limited" on 27 April, when the Tricky Trees face Manchester City at said its intercity services - including trains between London St Pancras International and Nottingham - will be limited to one train per hour, adding passengers "will face long queues and may not be able to sit or board their required service".Should the match go to extra time any trains back to Nottingham will be "very limited". As well as the FA Cup semi-finals, it is also the same weekend as the London Cresswell, EMR's customer experience director, said: "Unfortunately, customers should expect delays, queues, and standing."[Passengers] should know that if the semi-final was to go to extra-time the number of services back to Nottingham are very limited."We advise those not attending the match to travel after [14:00 BST] from Nottingham and before [19:00] from London to avoid peak times."
BBC News
31-03-2025
- BBC News
Rail services between Birmingham, Hereford and Worcester cut
A number of train services between Birmingham, Hereford and Worcester are being temporarily cut, with a shortage of carriages Midlands Railway (WMR) has halted four of its 48 daily services on these routes including a rush-hour morning train, with the changes starting on Monday and expected to last until early company was currently short of specialist parts needed to fix some carriages' wheels due to "a blip" in its supply chain, WMR public affairs manager Andrew McGill said."Our message to customers is: Please do bear with us, we're very, very sorry for this inconvenience," he told BBC Radio Hereford & Worcester. The halted services include the 07:23 BST train from Worcester Foregate Street to Birmingham New Street, as well as the 17:50 train from Birmingham New Street to 19:50 train from Hereford to Birmingham New Street, plus the 22:00 service from Birmingham New Street to Worcester Shrub Hill, have also been McGill said WMR hoped to have enough parts to begin reinstating services in June or July, but it was not yet possible to give an exact date."These are really specialist parts" and "it's not like Tesco has run out of something and you can pop to Sainsbury's to pick up what you need," he McGill said WMR had considered all options before withdrawing the services, adding that the company still ran several services from Worcester to Birmingham for commuters in the morning peak period. 'Appalling train service' West Worcestershire MP Dame Harriett Baldwin has written to WMR and asked it to review its decision, the Local Democracy Reporting Service reported on Sunday."The rail operator has failed to deliver a fit-for-purpose train service for many years, with successive managers blaming anyone but themselves for the appalling train service," Ms Baldwin said."I have asked the management to come up with a better plan that doesn't mean that commuters will simply stop to use the commuter service in the future."In a statement, WMR's engineering director John Doughty said the amended timetable had been brought in due to circumstances "outside of our control" and the company did not "take these decisions lightly".He added he was "very sorry" for any impact on customers. Additional reporting by the Local Democracy Reporting Service which covers councils and other public service organisations. Follow BBC Hereford & Worcester on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
BBC News
27-02-2025
- BBC News
Photo displays brighten up Wellington railway station
Unused window-spaces at a train station have been brightened up with photos of local landmarks, as part of improvements costing £30, money, which came from West Midlands Railway, was also used to fit a kitchen, replace signs, plant flowers and refurbish storage rooms at Wellington Station in Windows on Wellington project challenged local photographers to come up with images of well-known Wellington views to form the window Howard from The Friends of Wellington Station said the grant had made a "huge difference". She said the window photos "really brighten up the platform and show people what a great town Wellington is, hopefully encouraging people to get off the train and visit our town".Sally Themans of Love Wellington said they were a "perfect advertisement of all that Wellington and the surrounding area has to offer". Follow BBC Shropshire on BBC Sounds, Facebook, X and Instagram.
