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Long-term vision for Greater Manchester’s rail network unveiled

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December 4, 2025
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Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, has unveiled a new long-term vision for improvement and growth in the area’s railway and tram services.

Denton railway line could help extend Manchester Metrolink to Stockport

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November 29, 2025
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A business case is being made of plans to extend the Metrolink to Stockport using the existing Denton line

Manchester Metrolink line takes 700,000 journeys off the road

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November 28, 2025
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During the year 2024/25, the Metrolink Trafford Park line was responsible for people making early 700,000 fewer journeys by car or taxi.

Greater Manchester railway station upgrade completed on time

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November 24, 2025
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A £10m upgrade of Salford Central station that is designed to improve accessibility and customer experience is now complete.

Cymru clean up continues after Claudia

Simon Walton
November 17, 2025
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South Wales was awash after taking the worst of the first seasonal weather fronts. The early winter Storm Claudia barrelled into the British Isles on…

Publicly owned train operators take steps to improve accessibility

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November 17, 2025
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The Department for Transport has revealed how train operators in public ownership are improving the accessibility of their services.

Passengers numbers rise 12% across WMR and LNR services

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November 14, 2025
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Over 67.7 million journeys were made on WMR and LNR services in 2025

Train services to be disrupted as new signalling system commissioned at Darlington

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November 13, 2025
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Darlington has a new, improved signalling system – but Network Rail is warning passengers that journeys between York and Newcastle will face disruption when the system is brought into use.

Rail union to hold day of action in Manchester against Northern outsourcing

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November 12, 2025
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The RMT is planning a day of action on 19h November in an effort to persuade Northern to end its practice of outsourcing across the railway.

Canal barges for Manchester Old Trafford redevelopment

Simon Walton
November 11, 2025
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Big projects require project cargo, and projects don’t come much bigger than the radical plans for the redevelopment of Manchester United’s football stadium.