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🐈⬛ Meet Betty! Sutton Coldfield's new Junior Mouse Catcher, and WMR's second official station cat, joining George @TheStourbridge Station Cat.
🐾 Once a stray raising three kittens, she was adopted by Folklore Coffee owner Alex, and now on the payroll full-time.
ALT Folklore Coffee and Bagel owner, Alex, with Betty - Sutton Coldfield's Junior Mouse Catcher and platform attendant
ALT WMR's newest feline em-paw-ee: Betty - Junior Mouse Catcher
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Further to our post yesterday about our Biodiversity work at the station, today me and Scott have had a look and identified the wild plants and trees along the ramp to Platform 1. It's great to have such a variety and something we take for granted.
@WMR_Community @WestMidRailway
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🫱🏼🫲🏼 United by what we share. Strengthened by what makes us different.
This South Asian Heritage Month, colleagues share what "Unity in Diversity" means to them
🧡 "We create a workplace where everyone belongs, contributes and thrives"
Have a read: orlo.uk/cv9FO
ALT South Asian Heritage Month 2026 - Unity in Diversity
ALT South Asian Heritage Month 2026 - Unity in Diversity, Ajay
ALT South Asian Heritage Month 2026 - Unity in Diversity, Saif
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🟢 The TSSA industrial action which had been scheduled to take place on Friday 31 July and Saturday 1 August has been suspended.
🚅 A full West Midlands Railway service will now run to the normal timetable on both days
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⚽ Called Jude? Fancy a free trip on the Stourbridge Town Car?
🚅 WMR is celebrating England’s quarter-final triumph by offering free train travel on the Stourbridge Shuttle
📱 Anyone with the forename Jude with valid ID can score the free fare on the line. Valid 13-19th July
ALT Jude Bellingham in an England football kit performing his signature arms-outstretched celebration in front of a tram.
ALT Promotional graphic from West Midlands Railway offering free travel on the Stourbridge Shuttle for anyone named Jude.
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🎤 Ozzy, Ozzy, Ozzy!
🦇 It’s @BlackSabbath week and I am ready!
🐂 I’ve new signs so you don’t confuse me with the real @OzzyOsbourne who is in town!
📸 Take your photo with me and check out the awesome Black Sabbath mural, now signed by the band
#BackToTheBeginning
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☀️ It's going to be a scorcher today and tomorrow!
Please remember some top tips:
🧴 Carry a bottle of water with you (+ a spare, sealed bottle)
🥵 Feeling ill? Don't press the alarm - leave the train at the next stop
🧑💼 Staff are on hand to assist onboard and at stations
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Better transport can:
🚆 connect communities and bring people together
🏙️ revitalise local areas
🏃 improve our health and wellbeing
☀️ clean up our air and tackle climate change.
#BetterTransportWeek: celebrating the connections that matter
@CBTransport
ALT Taking the train instead of driving can save the same amount of carbon emissions as boiling a kettle 455 times.
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🎭Platform 2b or not 2b....
👁️Have you spotted Shakespeare on your travels yet?
🚉'All the world's a stage' according to Shakespeare and now so is the route between Birmingham Moor Street and Stratford-upon Avon with statues installed at each station
➡️gloo.to/FnuT
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☀ The sun was shining this morning over Sutton Coldfield station & the Spaghetti Line community station partnership' work was glistening.
🌷 New planting has rejuvenated the green spaces, including “Ruby’s Garden” - a welcoming area by the entrance.
ALT Sutton Coldfield station
ALT Sutton Coldfield station
ALT Sutton Coldfield station
ALT Sutton Coldfield station
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🚉 We're at Duddeston Station today @WestMidRailway , reminding everyone that if you're going through a tough time, we're always here to listen 💚
📞 Call us free on 116 123 – day or night, 24/7.
#Samaritans #WeListen #YouAreNotAlone #NetworkRail
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We were delighted to welcome dozens of excited youngsters from @EarlsdonPrimary in #Coventry on board our @LNRailway service to #Watford this morning as part of our Visit 200 scheme celebrating @railway200 - see visit200.co.uk to get your school involved! #CommunityRail
We're very excited to be going by train as part of @railway200 to the Harry Potter studios @wbtourlondon. Thanks to @AvantiWestCoast and @WestMidRailway for organising our sustainable train travel. @ASPnetUNESCOUK @KindySandhu
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💨 Storm Eowyn is blowing through the West Midlands
🚆 Trains are running and we are monitoring the storm, ready to respond to incidents
ℹ️Please check before you travel for the latest info @nationalrailenq
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Want to do something truly rewarding? 💚 Volunteer with @SamaritansBham !
Find out what it’s like to be a volunteer here 👉 orlo.uk/88NlJ
Ready to make a difference? Apply now: orlo.uk/o0FHx
#Volunteer #BirminghamSamaritans #MakeADifference
ALT Graphic of Samaritans volunteers holding up flags, pens and leaflets. Text: You don't have to answer the phone to volunteer with us. Samaritans logo in bottom left corner.
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Calling all stations in the Coventry region 📢
Are you interested in engaging a group of students in an activity at your station as part of the @railway200 celebrations? 👥
If so, @HeartCRP needs you! 🫵
Find out more ⬇️ communityrail.org.uk/station…
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What a tremendous example of community and rail growing a new & closer relationship. Today at #HenleyinArden @WestMidRailway railway station the four local Morris sides danced at The Station, and performed a Wassail ceremony to bless the fruit and harvest for this year - 👍!!
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Thank you to Sarah from @HeartCRP for bringing the Rail200 banner that our pupils helped to create with the support of @katieoart. We are very excited about @railway200
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Thank you so very much crafting for communities. The new postbox topper is absolutely splendid.
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We spent the day out & about around our network for White Ribbon day, inviting people to make the #WhiteRibbonPromise 🤍
“I promise to never use, excuse or remain silent about men’s violence against women”
Here is Watford MP Matt Turmaine joining our staff at Watford
ALT LNR Birmingham HQ White Ribbon campaign
ALT Stone White Ribbon campaign
ALT Watford White Ribbon campaign with MP Matt Turmaine
ALT Watford White Ribbon campaign
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In 2023 we had the amazing @emilykayedraws on board a @WestMidRailway train creating beautiful illustrations to highlight the @WhiteRibbon_UK campaign. With support from both organisations and @WMRailExecutive , we were able to thoughtfully engage with passengers and spread awareness of the importance of the campaign. Find out more about White Ribbon Day at whiteribbon.org.uk/wrd24
#Itstartswithmen #communityrail #WRD24
