Transport and Logistics Network
PADGATE station was closed on Saturday afternoon following reports of a person sadly being hit by a train.
As emergency services attended at the scene, trains on the Manchester to Liverpool Lime street line were cancelled or delay.
As a result of the i…
Danger drivers putting lives at risk on the M62 motorway through Greater Manchester have been revealed after a month-long crackdown.
They include a driver at the wheel of a truck carrying a load of chicken – and a 3.5 tonne transporter ferrying a vinta…
Merseyrail services were disrupted after a trespasser was pursued by police.
Train services on the northern line were disrupted due to a person being on the line near Liverpool Central. Merseyrail[1] said the trespasser was being pursued by police.
Tra…
The draft Shipley Development Framework sets out how the town could grow and change in the coming years and decades, and includes proposals such as the creation of a new canalside creative quarter and an “ecology park.”
And the proposals, a consultatio…
There was a grim sense of inevitability as I glanced up.
I scanned the screen of departures information. New Brighton[1] on time, Ormskirk[2] on time, Liverpool Central on time, West Kirkby[3] on time, Headbolt Lane….cancelled.
Now I am not a regular…
Shipley Clock Tower 2 (Photo: BBC)
The draft Shipley Development Framework sets out how the town could grow and change in the coming years and decades, and includes proposals such as the creation of a new canalside creative quarter and an “ecology …
A number of crashes on the M58 caused traffic chaos.
Emergency services were called to the M58[1] westbound following a crash at around 9am today, Friday, November 17. North West Motorway Police closed the motorway between junction 3 (Bickerstaffe) and…
Cardiff-based renewables company Severn Estuary Tidal Bar (SETB) is collaborating with global technical professional services firm Jacobs to develop a new turbine aimed at revolutionising the tidal energy sector.
The development of its bi-directional t…
Today (Friday, November 17), Transport Secretary Mark Harper has set out the allocations of £1.2 billion investment to resurface roads in the North West, the biggest allocation of any English region.
This is part of a wider, national long-term plan of …
The Transport Secretary said plans are starting to be worked up to see how a £12 billion investment will improve rail services between Liverpool and Manchester – including talks over new major train stations.
Mark Harper was in Merseyside today to offi…