The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) has released the data which is generated by reviewing passenger numbers in each train station through their entries and exits.
Blackburn[1] was found to be the most used station in the region, with 1,291,704 passengers…
Yellow alerts have also been issued for parts of the county by the Met Office, with the storm set to batter Lancashire with rain and winds of up to 60mph.
Northern Rail confirmed that a tree is currently blocking the railway between Blackburn and Clith…
FI Real Estate Management (FIREM), the firm behind the Botany Bay Business[1] Park development, is consulting on a proposed new strategic logistics hub at Junction 3 of the motorway to meet demand for new commercial and employment space within Chorley …
Phil Forster, MD at Teesside Airport. Picture by Terry Blackburn (Image: Terry Blackburn)The Northern Echo’s Level Up campaign continues to grow as the North East begins one of its most exciting phases – with Teesside International Airport agreeing to …
This Sunday, a new railway station will open in North London that’s either slightly late, or very early, depending on how you look at it.
Paid side concourse in the new station
This is Brent Cross West station[1], which was expected to open in 2031 as…
The car was pulled over just off the motorway, near Stubbins, and a search found nine kilos of what is thought to be uncut heroin, which has an estimated street value of around £600,000.
Moshin Syed, 24, of Limbrey Drive, Milton Keynes, was charged wit…
Cleveland Police has provided an update on a fatal collision on Teesside.
Police and paramedics were called to Stockton[1] Road, on the A689 in Hartlepool[2], on Friday after a dark blue Audi collided with railings not far from The Travellers Rest pub,…
Government transport chiefs have announced a major roads resurfacing investment programme which will benefit Blackburn[1] with Darwen and the wider Lancashire County Council areas.
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has unveiled the funding as part of a £…
A West Midlands borough has been named the fourth most dangerous place for the school run[1] in the country. Sandwell[2] topped the region for pedestrian casualties involving school age children, according to new research.
The research, pulled together…
Brits are facing the fourth named storm within a small space of time, with Debi to hit the UK.
In the space of several weeks there have now been three storms with the latest named by Met Eireann, the Irish meteorological service. The tornado that hit t…
Brian Kendall, 31, was spotted by police leaving Preston and joining the M65 in a grey BMW which did not belong to him on January 21.
Kendall made repeated attempts to evade officers, even pulling onto a restricted service road and onto the hard should…
A number of ticket offices across Lancashire would have closed as part of a nationwide programme to save costs.
Hyndburn councillor Mike Booth said the government had finally put “people before profits”, while Blackburn Darwen[1] Council’s leader said …
Railway ticket offices across Lancashire will remain open after passengers – and the organisation representing them – objected in their droves to plans to pull the shutters down on the facilities for good.
The proposed closure of Chorley station’s ti…
In July East Lancashire’s main train operator Northern announced plans to close the office at Accrington[1] station.
The equivalents at Burnley[2] Manchester Road and Burnley Central rail hubs are also scheduled to shut under a nationwide programme.
Th…