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Network Rail has closed the footpath level crossing at Stone station after repeated incidents of dangerous misuse were revealed.

Passengers are being reminded that work to provide a better railway across the north of England will mean changes to train services this Christmas.

With Birmingham’s famous Christmas market starting today (17 November) and the number of visitors to the city set to increase over the festive season, Network Rail is urging passengers to plan their journeys and allow more time to catch their trains at Birmingham New Street.

A new bridge in Greater Manchester has reopened after a £4m scheme by Network Rail to upgrade the old bridge, which runs above the railway.

A broken drain that caused four metres of water to flood a busy road under a railway bridge in Euxton is being permanently repaired thanks to a £700,000 investment by Network Rail.

Network Rail has opened the doors of its training facility in Warrington to show the local MP how the orange army learns to maintain and improve the railway.

Plans for a phased programme of benefits to be delivered to customers as part of Northern Programmes - the largest railway upgrade in the north of England since Victorian times, were unveiled today (Thursday 10 November 2016).