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Passengers using Bolton station will see platform improvement work starting next week as part of plans to provide passengers with faster, electric train services from December 2017.

Residents in Lancashire and Greater Manchester are invited to drop-in events in March and April to find out more about work to be carried out to electrify the line between Preston and Manchester.

Race-goers heading to the Cheltenham Festival can avoid long faces by planning their journey and allowing plenty of time to catch their trains from Birmingham New Street.

Network Rail has released shocking footage of deliberate misuse of a level crossing in Bedfordshire despite the crossing being the scene of a fatal collision in January. 

While Liverpool Lime Street was closed for emergency repairs, engineers seized the chance to bring forward a series of railway improvements, Network Rail revealed today (9 March).

Continued work on the Ordsall Chord will mean some changes to services in 2017 with the benefits being felt towards the end of the year.

Ben Wallace,  MP for Wyre and Preston North, saw first-hand last Friday (3 March) how Network Rail’s Great North Rail Project will provide a better railway between Preston and Blackpool.

Liverpool Lime Street station will reopen to trains tomorrow (Wed) - 24 hours earlier than forecast.