West Midlands Rail Executive

West Midlands Rail Executive (WMRE) is a British municipally owned corporation which was formed to manage rail transport policy in the West Midlands region of England. It is jointly owned by a partnership of 16 local authorities.

This article is about the governmental organisation. For the train operating company, see West Midlands Trains. For other uses, see West Midlands Railway (disambiguation).
Not to be confused with Transport for West Midlands.

West Midlands Rail Limited
Map showing the West Midlands region, the organisation's area of responsibility
AbbreviationWMR
Formation2017
TypePublic body
PurposeConsortium of local authorities
Location
  • The Midlands of England, UK
Region served
West Midlands
Chair of the Board of Directors
Cllr Roger Lawrence
AffiliationsDepartment for Transport
Websitewww.westmidlandsrail.com

Established in December 2017, WMR has joint responsibility for overseeing rail services running within the region along with the Department for Transport, a central government department. In particular, it oversees the operations of the train operating company West Midlands Trains, which commenced operations on 10 December 2017.[1][2]

It should not be confused with Transport for West Midlands, the authority responsible for transport in the smaller West Midlands County.

Map of the Birmingham & the West Midlands regional rail network (2017)

References
  1. London Midland loses West Midlands rail franchise BBC News 10 August 2017
  2. East Japan Railway enters UK market with West Midlands franchise win Railway Gazette International 10 August 2017



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