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Trains between Manchester and Bolton will be travelling at full speed through Farnworth Tunnel this week after engineering work took place over the weekend, paving the way for an electrified railway.

Train passengers travelling between Euston and Milton Keynes will see revised timetables this week as Network Rail engineers carry out major repairs to a railway embankment slip at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire.

Network Rail has advised train passengers to check before they travel as Wales, northern England and western Scotland brace for the arrival of Storm Gertrude.

Passengers using Birmingham New Street are significantly happier with their station experience, according to the latest National Rail Passenger Survey.

A total of 95% of commuters using Manchester Piccadilly station are either satisfied or very satisfied with their station according to the National Rail Passenger Survey.

Network Rail will start excavation work next week as it continues to build the vital new Ordsall Chord between Manchester Victoria and Piccadilly stations – but it will mean speed restrictions and traffic measures on the Manchester ring road at Trinity Way.

Network Rail closed the railway between Whitehaven and Workington just after 2pm on Tuesday (26 January) when the sea wall at Parton was breached by the sea in three places.

Network Rail today advised train passengers to check before they travel as Wales, northwest England and west Scotland brace for the arrival of Storm Jonas.