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• Scotland’s supermarkets rely on goods by rail to stay stocked
• Biomass fuel is taken by rail from Liverpool Docks to Yorkshire’s Drax power station
• Royal Mail post goes by rail between Warrington and Glasgow
• Cement is transported to Scotland from Clitheroe, Lancashire
• Sand for glass is carried from West Cumbria to Wigan
• Timber for paper making is passed from Carlisle to Shropshire
• Aggregate for construction is taken from the Peak District quarries

• Scotland’s supermarkets rely on goods by rail to stay stocked
• Biomass fuel arrives by rail to Yorkshire’s Drax power station
• Royal Mail post goes by rail between London and Glasgow
• Petrol for West Midlands arrives by rail from Humberside

Passengers making essential journeys at Manchester Piccadilly station will be able to keep a safe distance from each other during the coronavirus crisis, thanks to new measures in place this week.

Railway staff on nationally critical routes, including the West Coast and Chiltern main lines, are keeping vital supplies and key workers moving during the Covid-19 pandemic.

NHS and care workers using Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool Lime Street stations can park for free during the coronavirus crisis.

Railway upgrades by a father-and-son duo are today helping keep critical supplies and key workers moving across Britain.

Railway workers have driven hundreds of miles through the night to deliver two lorry loads of protective medical face masks for frontline workers in the NHS.

Rail passengers are being advised to plan ahead of major repairs to the Cumbrian Coast line after its sea wall was battered by 2020's severe storms.