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A consultation on the development of the railway between Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Oxford Road stations will be launched next week.

Network Rail is completing essential improvement works to replace 2, 410 yards of track in the Malton area.

This investment, worth £1.8 million, is essential for the smooth running of passenger services. The new track will also be welded together, which means trains passing over the track will be quieter.

New lifts are providing step free access for rail passengers at Hitchin station.

Rail passengers are able to catch their regular train on the York-Selby-Hull routes this morning after Network Rail completed key stages in its £14m investment at Selby Swing Bridge.

Members of the public are invited to attend a drop-in-event to find out more about the reconstruction of Templars Way bridge in Bedford.

Figures released today by Network Rail have revealed more evidence of the changing face of modern retail with in-station retail spend once again outperforming the high street average, and growing for the ninth quarter in a row.

Network Rail has awarded 20 framework agreements with a combined value of £1.6bn to a total of nine suppliers. The frameworks cover an extensive programme of enhancements and renewals to the London North Western and East Midlands routes over the next five years.

Two 17 year old boys from Swindon have promised that they will never trespass on the railway again after taking part in a restorative justice programme led by British Transport Police (BTP) and Network Rail.