West Midlands Trains to continue to maintain CrossCountry Class 170 trains

West Midlands Trains (WMT) has announced that it has come to a long-term maintenance contract to keep maintaining, servicing and cleaning CrossCountry’s Class 170 fleet at WMT’s Tyseley depot in Birmingham.

London – Essex railway line to close for 16 days

Trains will not run between London Liverpool Street and Chingford in Essex for sixteen days in a row this summer days, as Network Rail engineers will be carrying out work to replace a bridge.

Greater Anglia train services affected by strikes today, Friday, 2 February

Greater Anglia train services will be severely affected by strike action today, 2 February, and action short of a strike until next Tuesday 6 February.

Greater Anglia services to be disrupted from 29 January to 6 February

Strikes and an overtime ban by members of the ASLEF union will severely disrupt Greater Anglia services from 29 January to 6 February.