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How far can you go by rail for £50? Transport Matters 'Split Ticket Challenge' aims to find out. This time we go to the town with FIVE cliff railways! Click on the link to view youtu.be/X2wZM-2yejc
The town with FIVE cliff railways
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February 7, 2026 at 12:31 PM
How far can you go by rail for £50? Transport Matters 'Split Ticket Challenge' aims to find out. This time we go to the town with FIVE cliff railways! Click on the link to view youtu.be/X2wZM-2yejc
Which town in the UK used to have FIVE cliff railways? To find the answer watch the latest Split Ticket Challenge video on the Transport Matters YouTube channel. Click on the link
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The town with FIVE cliff railways
YouTube video by Transport Matters
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February 4, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Which town in the UK used to have FIVE cliff railways? To find the answer watch the latest Split Ticket Challenge video on the Transport Matters YouTube channel. Click on the link
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It's a new landmark on Birmingham's skyline and it weighs in at 4000 tonnes. It also needs to be moved across the Cross City Line later in the year. The HS2 Curzon Two viaduct is BIG! Click below for more
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HS2 super structure
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January 28, 2026 at 9:37 PM
It's a new landmark on Birmingham's skyline and it weighs in at 4000 tonnes. It also needs to be moved across the Cross City Line later in the year. The HS2 Curzon Two viaduct is BIG! Click below for more
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How will HS2 move a 4000 tonne bridge over Birmingham's busy Cross City Line. Transport Matters has been to the top of what's called Curzon Two.
To find out more click on the link youtu.be/yLT0_jRDy7Y
To find out more click on the link youtu.be/yLT0_jRDy7Y
HS2 super structure
YouTube video by Transport Matters
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January 28, 2026 at 4:33 PM
How will HS2 move a 4000 tonne bridge over Birmingham's busy Cross City Line. Transport Matters has been to the top of what's called Curzon Two.
To find out more click on the link youtu.be/yLT0_jRDy7Y
To find out more click on the link youtu.be/yLT0_jRDy7Y
What's happening with the two new West Midland Metro lines? They should have opened last year, but they're still not open. Click on the link to find out.
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More Metro Delays
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January 27, 2026 at 10:31 AM
What's happening with the two new West Midland Metro lines? They should have opened last year, but they're still not open. Click on the link to find out.
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Are you thinking of trying out the Caledonian Sleeper, now it's stopping in Birmingham? You too could be enjoying the delights of the exclusive Club Car. Click on the link below to see what's behind these doors. youtu.be/MoC6arz8gDU
January 23, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Are you thinking of trying out the Caledonian Sleeper, now it's stopping in Birmingham? You too could be enjoying the delights of the exclusive Club Car. Click on the link below to see what's behind these doors. youtu.be/MoC6arz8gDU
The famous Caledonian Sleeper train now stops at Birmingham International Station. Transport Matters was on the historic first service to Inverness. But why is it stopping at International and not Birmingham's New Street? Click on the link to find out.
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Sleeper to Inverness
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January 21, 2026 at 12:04 PM
The famous Caledonian Sleeper train now stops at Birmingham International Station. Transport Matters was on the historic first service to Inverness. But why is it stopping at International and not Birmingham's New Street? Click on the link to find out.
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The hunt for Henley-in-Arden's lost railway station. Click on the link to find out more.
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Henley's lost station
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January 15, 2026 at 1:53 PM
The hunt for Henley-in-Arden's lost railway station. Click on the link to find out more.
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The tale of Henley-in-Arden's two railway stations. One only had a short life, but it helped to put the pretty Warwickshire town on the map. Click to view: youtu.be/C7KClNNlzK0
Henley's two stations
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January 14, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The tale of Henley-in-Arden's two railway stations. One only had a short life, but it helped to put the pretty Warwickshire town on the map. Click to view: youtu.be/C7KClNNlzK0
From 36m passnegers per year to just 154. The massive gap between the most and least used stations in the West Midlands. And there are lots of surprises in between. Click on the link to view the latest Transport Matters YouTube video.
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Surprising station stats
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January 7, 2026 at 3:04 PM
From 36m passnegers per year to just 154. The massive gap between the most and least used stations in the West Midlands. And there are lots of surprises in between. Click on the link to view the latest Transport Matters YouTube video.
youtu.be/471NtXUz17I
youtu.be/471NtXUz17I
Have you watched the Transport Matters YouTube channel review of the year yet? If not here's the link.
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Also, let me know if you have any ideas for films during 2026.
Happy New Year
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Also, let me know if you have any ideas for films during 2026.
Happy New Year
Year End Review
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January 2, 2026 at 2:10 PM
Have you watched the Transport Matters YouTube channel review of the year yet? If not here's the link.
youtu.be/ZN15rb-YhNY
Also, let me know if you have any ideas for films during 2026.
Happy New Year
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Also, let me know if you have any ideas for films during 2026.
Happy New Year
This week the Transport Matters looks back at the first six months of the channel. We also take a look at some of the things we'll be covering in the New Year.
Click on the link youtu.be/ZN15rb-YhNY
Click on the link youtu.be/ZN15rb-YhNY
Year End Review
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December 31, 2025 at 3:06 PM
This week the Transport Matters looks back at the first six months of the channel. We also take a look at some of the things we'll be covering in the New Year.
Click on the link youtu.be/ZN15rb-YhNY
Click on the link youtu.be/ZN15rb-YhNY
Overgrown and an eyesore! Why are there disused island platforms at Kings Norton and Northfield stations in Birmingham? The Transport Matters YouTube channel has the answer. youtu.be/stbORS4ww3g
Abandoned railway islands
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December 10, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Overgrown and an eyesore! Why are there disused island platforms at Kings Norton and Northfield stations in Birmingham? The Transport Matters YouTube channel has the answer. youtu.be/stbORS4ww3g
Why are there abandoned island platforms at King's Norton and Northfield stations, on Birmingham's Cross City Line. As always click the link to find out.
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Abandoned islands
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December 10, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Why are there abandoned island platforms at King's Norton and Northfield stations, on Birmingham's Cross City Line. As always click the link to find out.
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Two new tram routes are opening soon, transforming the West Midlands Metro from one line into a network. But when will they open? Transport Matters was given exclusive access to one of the new routes. Click the link to view youtu.be/rYIOUvG18Do
West Midlands Metro update
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December 3, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Two new tram routes are opening soon, transforming the West Midlands Metro from one line into a network. But when will they open? Transport Matters was given exclusive access to one of the new routes. Click the link to view youtu.be/rYIOUvG18Do
Is this the UK's worst transport interchange facility? HS2 is coming and now there's even more of a need to have decent way of getting between Birmingham stations. Watch the latest 'Transport Matters' film by following the link
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The UK's worst interchange?
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November 26, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Is this the UK's worst transport interchange facility? HS2 is coming and now there's even more of a need to have decent way of getting between Birmingham stations. Watch the latest 'Transport Matters' film by following the link
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The story of the Cofton Tunnel in Worcestershire, which was demolished in 1928, but with tragic consequences! Now on the Transport Matters YouTube channel. Click on the link to view
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The disappearing tunnel!
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November 20, 2025 at 5:47 PM
The story of the Cofton Tunnel in Worcestershire, which was demolished in 1928, but with tragic consequences! Now on the Transport Matters YouTube channel. Click on the link to view
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youtu.be/rmBfmBloZBU
The tale of the disappearing tunnel. The Cofton Tunnel in Worcestershire was demolished in 1928, but with tragic consequences! Click the link to view on the Transport Matters YouTube channel
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The disappearing tunnel!
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November 19, 2025 at 12:25 PM
The tale of the disappearing tunnel. The Cofton Tunnel in Worcestershire was demolished in 1928, but with tragic consequences! Click the link to view on the Transport Matters YouTube channel
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youtu.be/rmBfmBloZBU
A rare glimpse inside Birmingham's disused goods tunnels. Trains stopped using them in 1967, when the city's Central Goods Station closed. Click on the link to view.
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Inside Birmingham's lost railway tunnels
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November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
A rare glimpse inside Birmingham's disused goods tunnels. Trains stopped using them in 1967, when the city's Central Goods Station closed. Click on the link to view.
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New railway stations being built in the Black Country won't have direct links to Walsall. Darlaston and Willenhall stations will be served by Birmingham-Shrewsbury trains. Plans for Walsall services could come later though. For more click on the link youtu.be/beSPd-qTwTo
New stations Black Country stations
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November 6, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New railway stations being built in the Black Country won't have direct links to Walsall. Darlaston and Willenhall stations will be served by Birmingham-Shrewsbury trains. Plans for Walsall services could come later though. For more click on the link youtu.be/beSPd-qTwTo
Two new Black Country railway stations are due to open soon. They're at Darleston and Willenhall and both are being built on the site of the old stations that closed in the 1960s. Click on the link to view youtu.be/beSPd-qTwTo
New stations Black Country stations
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November 5, 2025 at 5:06 PM
Two new Black Country railway stations are due to open soon. They're at Darleston and Willenhall and both are being built on the site of the old stations that closed in the 1960s. Click on the link to view youtu.be/beSPd-qTwTo
More railway secrets! Don't forget to check out the latest film on the 'Transport Matters' YouTube channel highlighting the things you might not know about the Birmingham's Cross City Line North. Click on the link to view. youtu.be/2STZGrh7nvY
Secrets of Birmingham's Cross City Line North
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September 17, 2025 at 7:57 AM
More railway secrets! Don't forget to check out the latest film on the 'Transport Matters' YouTube channel highlighting the things you might not know about the Birmingham's Cross City Line North. Click on the link to view. youtu.be/2STZGrh7nvY
What do you know about the Birmingham's Cross City Line? The latest film on the 'Transport Matters' YouTube channel highlights more secrets, this time about the Cross City North. Click on the linked to view. youtu.be/2STZGrh7nvY
Secrets of Birmingham's Cross City Line North
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September 16, 2025 at 6:22 PM
What do you know about the Birmingham's Cross City Line? The latest film on the 'Transport Matters' YouTube channel highlights more secrets, this time about the Cross City North. Click on the linked to view. youtu.be/2STZGrh7nvY
A railway bridge with a page on X, a lost canal junction and a starting point for an old Motorail service. Just three of the secrets of Birmingham's Cross City Line North. Click on the link to view.
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Secrets of Birmingham's Cross City Line North
YouTube video by Transport Matters
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September 16, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A railway bridge with a page on X, a lost canal junction and a starting point for an old Motorail service. Just three of the secrets of Birmingham's Cross City Line North. Click on the link to view.
youtu.be/2STZGrh7nvY
youtu.be/2STZGrh7nvY
Transport Matters has discovered abandoned HS2 compounds in Staffordshire. What's happening with the high speed project? Watch our update on the project.
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HS2 Project Update
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September 12, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Transport Matters has discovered abandoned HS2 compounds in Staffordshire. What's happening with the high speed project? Watch our update on the project.
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Click in the link
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