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Network Rail is reminding passengers that the Hope Valley Line running between Sheffield and Manchester will be closed from Ashburys to Romiley and Marple Wharf Junction to New Mills Central between 2 and 10 April 2016.

Passengers will benefit from a more reliable train service between Birmingham and Wolverhampton thanks to a £5m investment over the Easter weekend.

Network Rail has formed an official construction partnership to build the new Ordsall Chord in Manchester, which will help improve rail travel for commuters across the north of England.

The Bedford – Sandy – Cambridge corridor is today announced as the preferred option for the Central Section of East West Rail.

Passengers are today (29 March) benefiting from a better railway through the Stafford area and can look forward to improved services in future after a new section of track and a key flyover opened to trains at Norton Bridge.

Network Rail today welcomed the Court of Appeal’s decision to dismiss a legal challenge to the process by which permission was granted for a much-needed railway improvement in central Manchester.

Although Network Rail will start work at Manchester Victoria following the last train today (Wednesday 23 March 2016) trains will continue to run into Manchester Victoria and Salford Central until the last train tomorrow (Thursday 24 March 2016).

A 17-year-old schoolgirl from Northamptonshire will have her first year’s university tuition fees paid after landing the top prize in a national competition to encourage more young women to consider a career in IT.