North West & Central news
Countdown to Christmas: two weeks to go until Network Rail’s major upgrade work begins
People travelling between London, the West Midlands, the North West and Cumbria are being advised to plan ahead with Network Rail’s busy period of Christmas engineering work just a fortnight away.
Loo fees lifted at Manchester, Leeds and Liverpool’s main railway stations
Toilets at Manchester Piccadilly, Leeds and Liverpool Lime Street railway stations will be free to use from next Monday.
£2.3 million overhaul of Lichfield Trent Valley station underway to make it accessible for everyone
Work is underway to install new lifts at Lichfield Trent Valley station to ensure it's accessible for everyone by summer 2019.
Passengers urged to plan ahead as strike action impacts Northern services this weekend
Ongoing RMT strike action threatens to result in unusually busy trains this Saturday.
Track renewal project means smoother and faster journeys on the Cumbrian coast line
Network Rail is investing £3m to replace 5,000 yards of ageing and worn out track on the Cumbrian coast line to provide smoother, faster and more reliable journeys for passengers.
Preston to Blackpool drainage improvements to be completed in the New Year
Passengers are being advised to plan their journeys and check before they travel as the final phase of drainage improvements between Preston and Blackpool gets under way in January.
Residents in Woburn Sands invited to find out more about plans for school railway crossing
Network Rail is inviting local people to find about more about our plans for Woburn Sands school crossing.
Passenger’s diamond wedding ring rescued by rail workers from being lost forever on the tracks
When passenger Eileen Lawrence lost her wedding ring over the platform edge at Bloxwich North station early one morning she thought it was gone for good. That’s until the Network Rail track team came to her rescue.
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