Passengers are being thanked for their patience after a 21-day closure of the West Coast Main Line through Staffordshire, Cheshire and Greater Manchester for multiple upgrades to improve future journeys for passengers and freight. On the morning of Saturday 23 August the 50-mile stretch of railway, where improvements to bridges, tracks, overhead lines and lineside […]
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Plans progress for expansion of Greater Manchester’s tram and train network
Transport leaders have confirmed a pipeline of ‘rapid transit’ schemes for the future, with funding signed off by the Bee Network Committee earlier this week and the plans discussed by the Greater Manchester Combined Authority on Friday 22 August. Launched as part of the Greater Manchester Strategy in July, the Mayor and local council leaders […]
Theresa May unveils plaque honouring ‘British Schindler’
Former Prime Minister Theresa May has unveiled a plaque at Maidenhead station, paying a heartfelt tribute to the man known as the ‘British Schindler’. Great Western Railway (GWR), in partnership with local care provider Abbeyfield Maidenhead, welcomed Baroness May to reveal the impassioned homage to Sir Nicholas Winton, the man who rescued 669 children from […]