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Three level crossings between Walsall and Rugeley will close for up to six months while Network Rail carries out electrification and upgrade work on the Chase line.

Work on the Ordsall Chord, which will improve passenger journeys and rail travel across the north, is entering its final phase as it moves towards completion in December 2017.

Work has started to repair and strengthen the Grade II listed Lydgate viaduct in Calderdale so trains can continue to run safely between Todmorden and Burnley.

Ashton-under-Lyne station is now closed until Sunday 31 July while work takes place to provide better journeys between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge.

Bromley Cross level crossing will be made safer thanks to improvements being made by Network Rail.

Residents living near Liverpool South Parkway are invited to a drop-in event on Tuesday 11 July to find out more about work to renew two local railway bridges.

The views of residents, businesses and passengers are being sought over the next two weeks on plans to continue the transformation of cross country rail services in Britain.

• Trespassing on the railways is at an all-time high with over 8,000 incidents recorded in 2016
• In the past ten years 170 people have been killed on rail tracks almost half of them aged under 25
• Partnership with The Scout Association will focus on educating Cubs on the dangers of playing alongside railways as part of their Personal Safety Badge