North West & Central news
Rail Safety Week - helping keep people safe on the railway
Network Rail’s community safety managers were in Manchester Piccadilly and Birmingham New Street last week promoting rail safety to customers and passengers passing through the stations.
Euston station to close for three summer weekends while Wembley junction is replaced
- Euston shut 18-19 + 25-27 August + 1-2 Sept
- To allow Network Rail to replace North Wembley junction which is old and needs replacing
- Train customers advised to travel on other days
Liverpool Lime Street platforms 1 and 2 to close again for final stage of eight week upgrade
Platforms 1 and 2 in Liverpool Lime Street station are set to close again on Friday (13 July). This will allow Network Rail engineers to complete the final stage of the station’s major eight week transformation.
More than 20 green fingered railway volunteers support Wolverhampton community project
A team from Network Rail has taken time out from managing and surveying lineside vegetation to support a local community project in Wolverhampton.
Rail Safety Week in Lancashire - helping keep people safe on the railway
Network Rail and officers from British Transport Police were at Carleton level crossing in Poulton-le-Fylde this week talking to pedestrians and drivers about using the crossing the safely.
Holts Lane footpath crossing information event
Residents in Poulton-le-Fylde, Lancashire, are invited to a public event to hear more about plans to close Holts Lane footpath crossing.
Network Rail tackles the tides in Cumbria
Work is taking place along the Cumbrian coast to protect the railway from the seas which constantly batter the line.
49 degrees Celsius track temperatures buckle rail at Carlisle
Temperatures approaching 50 degrees Celsius are usually reserved for Death Valley in California or certain parts of the Middle East - not the north of England.
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