West Midlands Trains

Top/left:Class 730/0Landmark in WMR livery atCheddington Bottom/right:Class 350/3 in LNR livery atBirmingham International
Overview
Franchises	West Midlands 1 February 2026 – Present
Main regions	Greater London West Midlands
Other regions	East of England East Midlands North West South East
Fleet	West Midlands Railway Class 139Parry People Mover Class 172Turbostar Class 196Civity Class 730/0 Aventra London Northwestern Railway Class 150Sprinter Class 350Desiro Class 730/2 Aventra
Stations called at	178
Stations operated	146
Parent company	DfT Operator
Headquarters	Birmingham
Reporting mark	LM[1]
Predecessor	West Midlands Trains Limited
Technical
Length	539 mi (867 km)
Other
Website	westmidlandsrailway.co.uk londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk
Route map   West Midlands Railway   London Northwestern Railway

WM Trains Limited,^[2]doing business asWest Midlands Trains,^{[citation needed]} is a British state-ownedtrain operating company that operates commuter and local services in theWest Midlands region and on theWest Coast Main Line between London andthe Northwest under two trading names: within the West Midlands region asWest Midlands Railway (WMR) and outside the region asLondon Northwestern Railway (LNR). It assumed responsibility for these services on 1 February 2026 at the conclusion of theoutsourcing contract previously placed withTransport UK Group andMitsui & Co.

WMT's services along theWest Coast Main Line rail corridor are operated under the London Northwestern Railway brand. These services include:^[3]

• services out ofLondon Euston;
• two minor branch line services in the Southeast;

As of December 2025, the typical off-peak Monday - Saturday London Northwestern Railway service pattern, with frequencies intrains per hour (tph), includes:^[4]

In theWest Midlands region, WMT's train services are operated under the West Midlands Railway brand. These services include:^[5]

• services through Birmingham;
• theCoventry to Leamington andCoventry to Nuneaton branch lines.

Services on the shortStourbridge Town branch line are run by the open access operator Pre Metro Operations, who operate services on behalf of WMT under the West Midlands Railway brand name.

As of December 2025^[update], the typical off-peak Monday–Saturday West Midlands Railway service pattern, with frequencies intrains per hour (tph), includes:^[6]

In the lead-up to the2024 United Kingdom general election, theLabour Party ofKeir Starmer committed itself to bring the passenger operations of the British rail network back understate ownership.^[7][8] Following its election win, the government introduced the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 that received theroyal assent in November 2024.^[9][10]

In July 2025, the government announced thatDfT Operator would take over responsibility for passenger services fromTransport UK Group andMitsui & Co on 1 February 2026.^[11][12][13] (Although the process is sometimes described as "nationalisation", this is in contrast to the previous "privatisation" rather than any compulsory acquisition. Formally, the outsourcing contract ("franchise") was merely not renewed when it reached its end-date, and employed staff were transferred to the successor company at their existing terms and conditions in accordance with theTUPE regulations.)

Family	Class	Image	Type	Top speed		Number	Carriages	Routes operated	Built
				mph	km/h
Shunting locomotive
	08[14]		Shunter	15	24	2	N/A	Stock movements	1952–1962
West Midlands Railway
Parry People Mover	139		Railcar	20	32	2	1	Stourbridge Town branch line	2009
Bombardier Turbostar	172		DMU	100	161	8	2	Birmingham–Hereford Snow Hill lines Leamington Spa toNuneaton	2010
						4			2011
						12
						15	3
CAF Civity	196					12	2	Snow Hill lines Birmingham–Shrewsbury Birmingham–Hereford Leamington Spa toNuneaton	2019–20
						14	4
Bombardier Aventra[15]	Class 730/0 Landmark[16]		EMU	90	145	48 (40 in service[17])	3	Wolverhampton –Walsall viaBirmingham New Street[18] Cross-City Line[19] Chase Line[20]	2021–2023
London Northwestern Railway
Sprinter[21][22]	150		DMU	75	121	3	2	Marston Vale line	1985–1986
Siemens Desiro	350		EMU	110	177	50	4	London Northwestern Railway: Abbey Line Birmingham New Street–Northampton Stafford–Crewe London Euston–Tring/Milton Keynes Central London Euston–Northampton London Euston–Crewevia Trent Valley Line London Euston–Birmingham New Street Birmingham New Street–Liverpool Lime Street West Midlands Railway: Chase Line[23]	2004–2014
Bombardier Aventra[15]	Class 730/0 Landmark[16]			90	145	48 (40 in service[17])	3	London Euston –Tring/Milton Keynes Central London Euston – Northampton	2021–2023
	Class 730/2[24]			110	177	36	5	London Northwestern Railway:[25] Birmingham New Street–Northampton Stafford–Crewe London Euston–Tring/Milton Keynes Central London Euston–Northampton London Euston–Crewevia Trent Valley Line London Euston–Birmingham New Street Birmingham New Street–Liverpool Lime Street	2021–2024

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