North West & Central news
Leaf busting trains set off to keep North West rail routes clear this autumn
A fleet of special ‘leaf busting’ trains is now travelling across the North West blasting leaves off the railway line to keep passengers and freight trains moving this autumn.
Network Rail announces major accessibility upgrade for Kings Langley station
Passengers at Kings Langley station are set to benefit from significantly improved accessibility as Network Rail prepares to deliver a major station upgrade funded through the Department for Transport's Access for All programme.
Trespassers on the railway in the North West cost nearly £6m last year
Trespassers on the railway in the North West cost the taxpayer nearly £6m in the last year, it has been revealed.
Footage released from £1.1m tunnel track upgrade near Buxton
Videos have been released of a major project in Derbyshire to upgrade lines inside a 400-metre-long Victorian railway tunnel.
Green light for lifts and new footbridge at Wellington station
Plans to make Wellington station step-free have been approved, with work to install two lifts and a new footbridge set to begin later this year.
Schools lined up to take lessons in unique signal box classroom
Schools across Lancashire are being invited to hold lessons in Britain’s quirkiest new classroom – a former railway signal box on the West Coast Main Line.
Major railway upgrade means no trains to or from Birmingham New Street this Christmas
Passengers are being warned of major Christmas engineering work at Birmingham New Street which will mean no train services to or from the station from 24 to 28 December.
Footage released after emergency footbridge removal over the West Coast Main Line
Passengers thanked after Network Rail successfully completes the emergency removal of Oxhey Grange footbridge near Watford, reopening the West Coast Main Line earlier than planned on Sunday afternoon.
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