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While much of Britain is tucking into its Christmas dinner, Network Rail’s orange army will be out in force on the West Coast main line at Weedon - near Northampton - to improve the reliability of the railway through the area.

Cheshire’s most iconic railway bridges and viaducts are being revitalised thanks to a £17m investment by Network Rail. The purpose of the work is to make the railway safer and more reliable for passengers, motorists, pedestrians and canal users across the county. 

Work to transform the second of three platforms at Moorfields station will take place from 4 January 2016.

Workers at a major development near Stafford have set a track-laying record as they enter the final stages in the construction of a new rail-over-rail flyover.

Engineers building a new railway flyover near Stafford have set a new track-laying record, with more than 4km of new track installed over the weekend.

Passengers on one of the busiest rail routes in the north west of England are a step closer to a faster, more reliable electrified railway after the new tunnel at Farnworth opened to passenger train services this morning (Monday 14 Dec 2015).  

A £250m programme of rail investment is entering its final stages this Christmas with work taking place to help improve performance and reliability on the West Coast main line near Stafford.

After three days of round-the-clock work by Network Rail’s orange army, the Cumbrian coast line has now fully reopened.