Snow has fallen across Greater Manchester this morning. People across the region woke up to a blanket of snow after it fell overnight, with temperatures plummeting below freezing.
A Met Office snow and ice weather warning is in place[1] across all of G…
Christmas has come early for a number of historic sites across England[1].
Historic England[2] is celebrating after it added 16 gems to the National Heritage List[3] for England throughout 2023.
While these remarkable sites include a carriage wash in H…
Thirteen workers from Network Rail, train operator Northern and contractors Murphy and Kier spent 6 hours on Wednesday 18 October helping the Friends of Hindley maintain the station’s award-winning flowerbeds.
The day involved weeding, strimming, cutti…
The works at Ladies Lane Bridge have said to have caused huge amounts of traffic in the area because of diversions through Westhoughton[1].
The Bolton News reported that that the Buckingham Group[2], which was carrying out the works for Network Rail, …
A major electrification project has seen a six-day closure for the railway between Wigan[1] and Bolton[2], which has seen the rebuild of a bridge which will allow the installation of high-voltage overhead electricity cables.
The project has seen 17 str…
The railway line between Wigan and Bolton reopened yesterday after a six day closure to rebuild a bridge.
Rail replacement buses were put on at Westhoughton, Daisy Hill, Ince and Lostock.[1]
In preparation for the installation of high-voltage overhead …
Rail passengers are being advised of a six-day railway closure between Wigan and Bolton from this Saturday while work continues on the electrification of the line.
Network Rail is progressing with a £78m investment to upgrade the 6.5-mile stretch of r…
Engineers have released a revised schedule to replace a road bridge over the railway in Greater Manchester after earlier demolition work was unable to take place.
Network Rail is currently investing £78m to upgrade a six-mile stretch of railway betwee…
Two Cheshire[1] railway stations have made the shortlist for the ‘World Cup of Stations’ 2023 after organisers received more than 100 nominations.
Both Runcorn[2] and Goostrey were shortlisted in the North West region, along with Birkdale and Hindley, …
Network Rail[1] is advising passengers that the railway will close between Wigan[2] and Bolton[3] for six days from this Saturday while it continues work on the electrification of the line[4].
Network Rail[5] is spending £78m on upgrading the 6.5-mile …
A busy railway line will close for SIX days from Saturday, with Network Rail bosses issuing an urgent warning today to all train commuters.
Engineering work under the ongoing electrification project will mean a full closure between Wigan and Bolton, un…
Ladies Lane bridge in Hindley is being replaced due to the electrification upgrade on the railway line, meaning there have been weeks of closures.
The construction is panned to last until July, as concerns have already been raised that streets connecte…
A much-loved lecturer is among 64 people whose death notices have appeared in the Leicester Mercury in the past week. Derrick Hewitt received Maundy money from the Queen at Leicester Cathedral in 2017.
As well as working an engineering lecturer at Loug…