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The views of residents, businesses and passengers are being sought over the next two weeks on plans to continue the transformation of cross country rail services in Britain.

• Trespassing on the railways is at an all-time high with over 8,000 incidents recorded in 2016
• In the past ten years 170 people have been killed on rail tracks almost half of them aged under 25
• Partnership with The Scout Association will focus on educating Cubs on the dangers of playing alongside railways as part of their Personal Safety Badge

Passengers using Ashton-under-Lyne station are reminded that it will be closed between Saturday 8 and Sunday 31 July while engineering work takes place to provide better journeys between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge.

Suicide prevention measures put in place as part of the partnership between Samaritans, Network Rail, British Transport Police (BTP) and the wider rail industry are continuing to reduce deaths on the railway on the London North Western route.

A £975,000 project to improve four platforms at Stockport station is nearing completion.

The views of residents, businesses and passengers are being sought on the next stage of plans to continue the transformation of cross country rail services in Britain.

On Friday June 23, the team behind the Ordsall Chord were named winner of the prestigious Major Project award at the Rail Industry Innovation Awards 2017.

Residents living near the Chase line are invited to three drop-in events next week to find out more about work to electrify the railway between Rugeley Trent Valley and Walsall.