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Passengers using Penrith station in Cumbria will find it a much easier experience thanks to a £3.5m investment to make the station more accessible.

Users of Wormleighton footpath level crossing must use phones either side of the railway to gain permission to cross the busy Birmingham to Marylebone line.

Passengers passing through Manchester Piccadilly station tomorrow (Wednesday 16 March) are invited to join Network Rail, Virgin Trains, Northern Rail, BTP and Mid-Cheshire Community Rail which are hosting a community safety awareness day.

Passengers travelling to the Cheltenham Festival from Birmingham New Street are being urged to allow plenty of time to catch their train - to avoid long faces before the races have even started.

The West Coast main line is returning to normal today (Thursday) after floods caused severe delays yesterday.

A number of floods on railway lines in the Rugby, Daventry and Wolverton areas are affecting train services between London Euston and Birmingham New Street.

Network Rail is inviting Oxenholme residents to an information event to find out more about upcoming railway vegetation work.

Network Rail - in partnership with the Department for Transport, South Ribble Borough Council, Lancashire County Council and Northern Rail - is carrying out work to make Leyland station in Lancashire more accessible with step-free access thanks to a £4.5m investment by the government’s Access for All (AfA) scheme.