Category: Infrastructure

Manchester Piccadilly services resume after urgent overhead wire repairs

Rail services have resumed into Manchester Piccadilly after urgent repairs to the overhead lines which power trains. Network Rail teams worked throughout the night to fix the high-voltage cables on the approach to the North West’s busiest railway station after they failed on Thursday 16 April. That led to a stretch of the wires being […]

Manchester Piccadilly services resume after urgent overhead wire repairs

Rail services have resumed into Manchester Piccadilly after urgent repairs to the overhead lines which power trains. Network Rail teams worked throughout the night to fix the high-voltage cables on the approach to the North West’s busiest railway station after they failed on Thursday 16 April. That led to a stretch of the wires being […]

Safety warning issued after repeated misuse at Featherstone level crossing

Network Rail has issued a safety reminder after a level crossing saw four instances of dangerous misuse in the past two weeks – which could have resulted in serious injury or death. The recent reports have described youths deliberately putting themselves at risk by playing “chicken” with trains at the Sportsfield footpath crossing, Featherstone. In […]