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On Friday June 23, the team behind the Ordsall Chord were named winner of the prestigious Major Project award at the Rail Industry Innovation Awards 2017.

Residents living near the Chase line are invited to three drop-in events next week to find out more about work to electrify the railway between Rugeley Trent Valley and Walsall.

Tameside residents can find out more about the three week closure of Ashton-under-Lyne station at a public drop-in session next Monday (Monday 3 July).

Passengers using the Chase line between Rugeley Trent Valley and Walsall are being urged to check before they travel this August while Network Rail continues to electrify the Chase line.

Ashton-under-Lyne station will close between Saturday 8 and Sunday 31 July while engineering work takes place to enable better journeys between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge.

Residents in Blackpool are invited to a drop-in event to find out more about improvements to Blackpool North station and train depot.

Network Rail is inviting Cheshire residents to a series of information events to find out more about upcoming railway vegetation work on the 17 mile stretch of railway between Crewe and Dutton.

Members of the local community and transport industry gathered at Smethwick Rolfe Street station yesterday (Monday 19 June 2017) for the unveiling of a new mural and exhibition space.