First signs £500m deal with Hitachi for new Open Access trains
First Group has signed a deal with Angel Trains and Hitachi to lease 14 brand new Class 80X electric, battery electric or bi-mode trains at…
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Steam locomotive 61306 Mayflower to visit Yorkshire this weekend
61306 Mayflower is set to haul The Christmas White Rose this Saturday (23rd November). The train will depart from Barrow in Furness with a diesel…
Steam locomotive 61306 Mayflower to pass through Derbyshire this week
61306 Mayflower will be on the mainline this week as it hauls the Christmas White Rose to York. On the 20th of November, the tour…
Network Rail thanks M62 users after bridge installation.
Network Rail has thanked M62 users for their patience after another closure took place. The work over the weekend of 20th – 23rd September saw…
Greater Manchester Motorway reopens after railway bridge demolished
Network Rail is thanking motorists for their patience after a weekend closure took place to allow a railway bridge to be demolished.
Over 1,000 use new Yorkshire Dales tourist train in first 3 months
In a boost to tourism in the Yorkshire Dales, over 1,000 people have travelled on the Yorkshire Dales Explorer train service that started in June this…
Damaged Manchester Metrolink line reopens this Monday!
Metrolink services between Oldham Mumps and Rochdale town have been suspended since the 10th July.
WATCH: Beams being transported along a deserted Greater Manchester motorway for bridge rebuild
Network Rail has released drone footage of beams being delivered to Castleton in Greater Manchester before rebuilding a bridge over the M62.
Enjoy a day out by train to the Yorkshire Dales
Train operator Northern has announced a new Saturday service from Rochdale to Ribblehead for people who wish to explore the Yorkshire Dales.
Greater Manchester Motorway to close for railway upgrades
Lane and carriageway closures of the M62 are due to take place over the summer as Castleton Bridge is to be replaced
