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    Wigan to Bolton railway upgrade work

    Greater Manchester trains to be disrupted as work gets underway

    Wigan to Bolton electrification works and improvements around Southport mean disruption for passengers in North West England.
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    Glyn Mon Hughes 13 February, 2024
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    Northern Class 150 at Salford Central

    Services to be disrupted in Greater Manchester for next five weekends

    For the next 5 weekends buses will replace trains between Bolton, Salford Crescent, Salford Central, Manchester Piccadilly and Manchester Victoria.
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    Roger Smith 6 January, 2024
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    Golborne

    Views sought on Greater Manchester’s proposed new Golborne station

    Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM) is to consult the public about plans for a new railway station at Golborne, in Wigan Borough.
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    Janine Booth 22 December, 2023
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    CrossCountry and Northern train in Manchester Piccadilly June 2022

    Station repairs and track upgrades in the North West this Christmas

    Network Rail will be carrying out important work on rail routes in North West England over the festive period, and is warning of disruption.
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    Janine Booth 5 December, 2023
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    Partial walkway completed at the South Portal, November 2022

    HS2 reaches halfway point in Chiltern tunnel cross-passage mining

    HS2 passed another milestone, reaching the halfway stage in the mining of emergency cross-passages linking northbound and southbound Chiltern tunnels.
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    Glyn Mon Hughes 23 November, 2023
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    The Hindley garden volunteers

    Lancashire railway workers thank Hindley by helping in station garden

    Railway workers took time out from the Wigan to Bolton electrification upgrade project to help out at a community garden in Hindley, Greater Mancheste…
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    Janine Booth 23 October, 2023
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    Manchester Piccadilly 13 and 14 waiting area

    Manchester Piccadilly platforms 13 and 14 to get new coffee shop and charging points

    The waiting area for platforms 13 and 14 is being refurbished by Network Rail and will bring a number of benefits for passengers.
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    Chloe White 7 October, 2023
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    Simon Rashleigh

    Simon’s Great North Run to help others beat cancer

    Simon Rashleigh, a TPE conductor will don running shoes this Sunday to raise money for Christie NHS Foundation Trust by competing in the 21 km Great N…
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    Glyn Mon Hughes 8 September, 2023
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    Heatmap of students commuting by rail

    Train operator reveals top stations for students in Cheshire, Manchester and Lancashire

    Northern has released a map showing which of its routes are the most popular with students for their commute to schools and colleges.
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    Roger Smith 29 August, 2023
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    Platforms 13 and 14 completed platform improvements

    Platform upgrade work to get underway at Manchester Piccadilly this September

    The work will see platforms 13 and 14 resurfaced with passengers advised of changes to journeys
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    Chloe White 17 August, 2023
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