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Network Rail engineers have completed the first stage of upgrades in an eight week programme to remodel station platforms and upgrade signalling as part of Liverpool Lime Street station’s major transformation.

Network Rail is urging passengers travelling between the North East and Huddersfield, Stalybridge and Manchester to check before they travel as work takes place to the railway.

Network Rail is urging passengers travelling between Yorkshire and Huddersfield, Stalybridge and Manchester to check before they travel as work takes place to the railway.

Passengers travelling in the Greater Manchester area and from Manchester to Yorkshire and the North East are reminded to check before they travel this weekend as upgrades to the railway take place.

Passengers planning to use train services in South Wales between 16 June and 6 July are being urged to check before they travel, ahead of the next phase of modernisation work between Bristol and Cardiff.

A full train service for Greater Anglia services on the Great Eastern Main Line will resume from Monday, with engineers scheduled to install a new specialist piece of track overnight this weekend (16-17 June).

Network Rail has launched its new technology Supplier Qualification System (SQS), designed to improve market engagement, provide greater visibility of business opportunities and reduce the time it takes to award contracts.

Network Rail has awarded Siemens a £20m contract for re-signalling sections of the Highland mainline – which will help reduce journey times for customers on the key inter-city route.