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Residents living near the railway in Blackpool and passengers who travel between the seaside resort and Preston are being invited to find out more about the next phase of upgrade work.

Train customers were today reminded to plan ahead so they can stay on the move during a major transformation of Liverpool Lime Street station.

There was no sting in the tail for 30,000 honey bees that made their temporary home on the site of a major railway upgrade scheme in Manchester.

Passengers who travel between Tame Bridge Parkway and Rugeley Trent Valley are being reminded that the railway will be closed for the next three Sundays while Network Rail continues to upgrade the Chase line.

Passengers can travel by train between Bolton and Manchester again after the line reopened early following emergency repairs to a bridge which was badly damaged by a burst water main.

• Nineteen weeks of work to upgrade Blackpool’s railway from 11 November
• Buses replacing trains during railway closures
• Network Rail and Northern working together to deliver the Great North Rail Project

Passengers travelling between Hunts Cross and Liverpool Central are being asked to check before they travel this month as two railway bridge upgrades will affect services over two weekends.

Passengers will be able to travel by train between Bolton and Manchester next week when the line reopens early after a burst water main caused major damage to a bridge.