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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.

The West Coast main line north of Carlisle has reopened just two days after it was under eight feet of floodwater.

Network Rail will be re-opening the West Coast main line north of Carlisle this afternoon just two days after it was under eight feet of floodwater.

Network Rail is reminding passengers to plan their journeys this weekend before services on the route between Manchester and Bolton return to a full timetable on Monday 14 December.*

Network Rail’s orange army has swung into action to reopen the northern section of the West Coast main line after extensive flooding of the tracks receded overnight.