West Midlands Trains (2017–2026)

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West Midlands Trains Limited (WMT) was a British train operating company. It operated passenger trains on the West Midlands network and between London and Liverpool, under two trading names: as West Midlands Railway (WMR) within the West Midlands region and as London Northwestern Railway (LNR) outside the region. West Midlands Trains was created as a consortium of three companies, Abellio, JR East, and Mitsui & Co, which joined to bid for the West Midlands franchise; they were amongst the three bids to be shortlisted in April 2016, and were awarded the franchise during August 2017. JR East sold its 15% interest to Abellio in September 2021. In 2023 Abellio sold its stake to Transport UK Group. In addition to the DfT, it was also accountable to the West Midlands Rail Executive for services that operate wholly within the West Midlands region. On 10 December 2017, West Midlands Trains took over operations from the prior operator, London Midland. Passenger services were transferred to state...

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