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Network Rail and Virgin row hits passengers in the pocket

Birmingham travellers booking train tickets to London over August Bank Holiday are being short-changed because of a feud between Virgin Trains and Network Rail, it has been claimed. Read

New airline service from Birmingham to Istanbul

Birmingham International Airport has received a major boost with the news that a major airline will commence services from the hub to Istanbul. Read

Longbridge railway line hopes dashed by A38 road plans

Plans for road improvements at Longbridge in Birmingham will kill off any hopes of resurrecting a nearby disused railway line, it has been claimed. Read

National Express sales rise as travellers choose buses and trains

Birmingham-based National Express (NEX) is to mount a vigorous campaign to attract customers as high petrol prices force more travellers to leave their cars at home. Read

New Street redevelopment hit by more delays

Frustration over the redevelopment of New Street Station has been exacerbated by a delay of six months in naming the architects for the £600m scheme. Read

£26m to help tackle West Midlands traffic congestion

The West Midlands is to receive £26.6 million of funding to introduce congestion-busting technology and traffic flow improvement measures. Read

AA turns to bikes to cut through Brum’s traffic

Birmingham has the slowest moving rush hour traffic of Britain’s five major regional cities, a major report has revealed. Read

Grand Central station plan was snubbed by council ‘half-wits'

The man behind plans for a £2 billion main railway station at Birmingham’s Eastside has hit out at “half-wit” politicians for failing to back the idea. Read

Forget Grand Central station, says Birmingham council chief

Supporters of Grand Central railway station at Eastside are dead and buried and the scheme’s supporters should stop engaging in “pointless” arguments about what might have been, Birmingham City Council chief executive Stephen Hughes has said Read

Black Country rail service faces funding axe

A West Midlands rail commuter link could be axed even though the number of passengers using it has grown to 60,000 a year. Read

Former Travel West Midlands chief joins calls to scrap ‘cosmetic’ New Street scheme

The refurbishment of New Street station should be derailed according to a former chairman of Travel West Midlands. Read

Regeneration experts say Birmingham must be improved

Birmingham needs an improved inner-city transport system to tie together disparate development projects, top regeneration experts have said. Read

Tailbacks on M6 after lorries collide

Commuters faced huge tailbacks this morning after three lorries were involved in an accident at Spaghetti junction on the M6 in Birmingham. Read

New Street plan dismissed as inadequate by MPs

The planned £600 million refurbishment of New Street Station is “cosmetic” and the Government needs to consider alternatives now, a hard-hitting Commons inquiry has warned. Read

The fight for New Street Station

Birmingham City Council and Network Rail respond to criticism by MPs of the redevelopment of New Street Station. Read

List of planned road improvements

These are the road improvement schemes being consider by Government. Read

West Midlands to get £819,000 for transport improvements

The West Midlands has been given £819,000 for transport improvements as a reward for controlling congestion. Read

Call to nationalise M6 Toll

The National Alliance Against Tolls has renewed its calls for the M6 Toll to be taken over by the Highways Agency. Read

Brown under fire over new road tax rules

Motoring and taxpayer groups reacted with anger as it became known just how much extra many drivers will have to find to pay for road tax changes. Read

Spaghetti Junction oil spill causes traffic tailbacks

Rush hour traffic into Birmingham was severely delayed this morning after an oil spillage near Spaghetti Juncton resulted in the closure of one lane of the M6. Read