North West & Central news
Essential travel only on West Coast main line this Easter
- Only essential journeys should be made over the Easter weekend
- West Coast main line upgrades include work at Bletchley, Wolverhampton and Chorley to improve services for passengers
- People who do need to use the railway should check before they travel
Railway work continues to keep critical supplies and passengers moving
Railway staff on nationally critical routes, including the West Coast main line and Chiltern main line, are continuing to keep vital supplies and people who cannot work from home moving during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Key worker journeys jeopardised after metal thieves rip out railway signalling cable
Metal thieves have disrupted the journeys of key workers after ripping out hundreds of metres of railway signalling cable.
West Midlands and Chilterns areas keep vital freight moving during coronavirus crisis
- West Midlands petrol arrives by rail from Humberside
- Steel transported in and out of Wolverhampton and Stourbridge
- Imported household goods and food arrive into Birmingham for distribution from UK’s deep-sea ports
One million tonnes of critical supplies transported weekly along the West Coast main line during Covid-19 crisis
- Scotland’s supermarkets rely on goods by rail from Daventry
- Royal Mail post goes by rail between London and Glasgow
- Imported goods into West Midlands from deep-sea ports
North West railways helping move a million tonnes of critical supplies every week during Covid-19 crisis
- 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
West Coast main line moving 1m tonnes of critical supplies every week during Covid-19 crisis
- 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
Manchester Piccadilly station makes its mark with new social distancing guides
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.
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