North West & Central news
Sports fans given travel tips for Manchester's super Saturday
Leeds and Wigan fans were today advised to allow more time for their train journeys to and from Manchester for the sold-out Super League Grand Final this Saturday (10 October).
Manchester Victoria opened after £44m upgrade
A train station once labelled Britain’s worst was formally reopened today following a £44m facelift.
Work to rebuild Walsall’s Park Street bridge gets under way as part of electrification programme
Network Rail will start work this week to rebuild Park Street bridge in Walsall as the electrification of the Chase Line continues.
Fans and passengers given train travel tips ahead of Manchester’s big rugby weekend
Nearly 140,000 fans, many travelling by train, will descend on Manchester this Saturday (10 October) for the Super League Grand Final and England’s last 2015 Rugby World Cup match.
Making tracks at Norton Bridge
New railway track is being laid at Norton Bridge using a specialist machine in the latest stage of Network Rail’s £250m Stafford area improvement work.
A666 lane closures while train tunnel is enlarged underneath
Lanes on the A666 into Bolton will be temporarily closed while engineers enlarge a train tunnel below the carriageway, Network Rail said today (29 September).
Birmingham New Street proves its worth as city welcomes the masses
Around 1.5 million people are estimated to have used the new Birmingham New Street station during its opening week.
Train passengers urged to plan ahead as Birmingham welcomes the world
Thousands of Uruguay, Australia, South Africa and Samoa fans are set to travel by train to Birmingham this weekend to shout on their sides in Rugby World Cup matches at Villa Park.
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