West Midlands Trains

London Northwestern Railway services WMT's services along the West Coast Main Line (WCML) rail corridor are operated under the London Northwestern Railway brand. These services include: • services out of ; • two local lines that branch off the WCML at Watford Junction and Bletchley. As of February 2026, the typical off-peak MondaySaturday London Northwestern Railway service pattern, with frequencies in trains per hour (tph), includes: The primary express trains along the WCML are provided by Avanti West Coast. West Midlands Railway services In the West Midlands region, WMT's train services are operated under the West Midlands Railway brand. These services include: • services through Birmingham; • the Elephant & Bear Line (Nuneaton - Leamington) branch line. Services on the short Stourbridge 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. , the typical off-peak Monday–Saturday West Midlands Railway service pattern, with frequencies in trains per hour (tph), includes: ==Political background==

In the lead-up to the 2024 United Kingdom general election, the Labour Party of Keir Starmer committed itself to bring the passenger operations of the British rail network back under state ownership. Following its election win, the government introduced the Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 that received the royal assent in November 2024. In July 2025, the government announced that DfT Operator would take over responsibility for passenger services from Transport UK Group and Mitsui & Co on 1 February 2026. (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 the TUPE regulations.) ==Rolling Stock==