Worcester Lib Dem’s city Councillor Jessie Jagger has today shared her personal concerns after all trains to Birmingham New Street were cancelled today (Wed 2nd July).
Rail services heading to the station were cancelled after West Midlands Railway reported damage to overhead cables, forcing mass cancellations. The services have faced a multitude of problems over the years, which brought Councillor Jagger to share her previous experience.
Councillor Jagger said “I had to give up my job in Birmingham because the trains were just too unreliable — and I know I’m not the only one. Disruption like this happens all the time’
‘The trains are expensive, and when things go wrong, trying to claim your money back is a nightmare. You’re made to jump through so many hoops that it feels designed to frustrate you into giving up.’
‘Meanwhile, there’s never any real accountability. This broken system is holding our region back — it’s damaging to workers, businesses, and the wider economy.’
‘People deserve a transport network they can rely on.”
The Liberal Democrats want to establish Great British Railways as a single ‘guiding mind’, with local authority representation and democratic oversight, so councils and passengers can actually hold the railways to account. That means transparent performance data, local input into services and real consequences when standards fall short. It’s time our network served communities—reliably and responsibly.”
