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• Network Rail is thanking passengers for using alternative journeys into Manchester over the recent Queen’s Platinum Jubilee bank holiday 
• 450 railway engineers completed a major signalling overhaul to modernise journeys into the city as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade 
• This will allow for faster line speeds towards Manchester Victoria meaning more reliable journeys for passengers now and enabling faster journeys in future 

Work to overhaul the signalling system at Britain’s busiest interchange station has reached a major milestone.

Gig goers using Manchester Piccadilly station this weekend are being advised to plan ahead if travelling to the city for concerts by The Killers, Ed Sheeran, Alicia Keys and Parklife festival.

A new video projection screen has been unveiled to remember a long-lost architectural icon at London Euston station.

Rail services are returning to normal at Lichfield Trent Valley station following the completion of platform repair work.

Passengers are being advised that rail routes between London, the Midlands and North West will be open as usual during the Platinum Jubilee bank holiday weekend (2-5 June).

Liverpool FC fans planning to travel to the city by rail for this weekend’s victory parade are being advised to check before they travel as Lime Street station will be extremely busy.

The Chiltern main line between Dorridge and Birmingham Moor Street will be closed for four days next month as work continues to improve passenger journeys for the Commonwealth Games.