Private company
West Midlands Trains
British state-owned train operating company
WM Trains Limited, trading as West Midlands Trains, is a state-owned British train operating company that operates commuter and local services in the West Midlands region and on the West Coast Main Line between London and the Northwest under two trading names: within the West Midlands region as West Midlands Railway (WMR) and outside the region as London Northwestern Railway (LNR). It assumed responsibility for these services on 1 February 2026 at the conclusion of the outsourcing contract previously placed with Transport UK Group and Mitsui & Co.2 It is part of DfT Operator.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 20, 2026.
Overview
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WM Trains Limited, trading as West Midlands Trains, is a state-owned British train operating company that operates commuter and local services in the West Midlands region and on the West Coast Main Line between London and the Northwest under two trading names: within the West Midlands region as West Midlands Railway (WMR) and outside the region as London Northwestern Railway (LNR). It assumed responsibility for these services on 1 February 2026 at the conclusion of the outsourcing contract previously placed with Transport UK Group and Mitsui & Co.2
Corporate structure
West Midlands Trains is part of a group headed by DfT Operator. 14 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.
- DfT Operator
- West Midlands Trains
- London Northwestern Railway Subsidiary
- West Midlands Railway Subsidiary
- c2c Subsidiary
- Chiltern Railways Subsidiary
- Greater Anglia Subsidiary
- Greater Thameslink Railway Subsidiary
- Southern Subsidiary · London, United Kingdom
- London North Eastern Railway Subsidiary
- Northern Trains Subsidiary · York, United Kingdom
- SE Trains Subsidiary
- South Western Railway Subsidiary
- TransPennine Express Subsidiary
- West Midlands Trains
Built from subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.
Subsidiaries and ownership
Parent company
Subsidiaries
- London Northwestern Railway
- West Midlands Railway
From Wikidata.1
Acquisitions
- Succeeded West Midlands Trains1
Links
- Websitewww.londonnorthwesternrailway.co.uk1
- Websitewww.westmidlandsrailway.co.uk1
- X (Twitter)x.com/LNRailway1
- Facebookwww.facebook.com/LondonNorthwesternRailway1
- Instagramwww.instagram.com/londonnorthwesternrailway1
- YouTubewww.youtube.com/channel/UCpbAd6YKnjDwQ7BdCCNLQcA1
- WikipediaWest Midlands Trains
- WikidataQ136418841
Sources
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
- 1WikidataWest Midlands Trains on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaWest Midlands Trains on Wikipedia
- 3Wikimedia CommonsWest Midlands Trains photo by Samson Ng . D201@EAL, CC BY-SA 4.0