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Network Rail is inviting local residents in Lancashire to find out more about the work to build a new depot.

As part of a package of work to upgrade the railway line between Preston and Blackpool, passengers are set to have better, easier access to more reliable train services at a key railway station in the Fylde.

Communities in the Old Stoke Road and Griffin Lane areas of Aylesbury have been informed of the closure of two local level crossings to improve safety.

Network Rail is advising passengers who park at Bolton station that there will be alterations to car parking later this month.

Passengers are being advised to always plan their journeys as the next phase of the major work to upgrade the railway between Preston and Blackpool gets under way this month.

Passengers returning to work today (3 January) are benefitting from a more reliable and safe railway after a programme of investment and upgrades across the network over Christmas and the New Year.

Network Rail is delighted to announce the vital work to transform train travel in the north has completed on time and is thanking passengers and the local community for their patience.

Between Sunday 18 December 2016 and Monday 2 January 2017 around 700 orange army engineers worked on the longest and most complex stage of the project to build the Ordsall Chord.

The West Coast Mainline has reopened after a programme of upgrades over Christmas.