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Mayor announces new Metro line in ‘game changing’ £1.85 billion funding deal

North East Mayor Kim McGuinness today announced the first new Metro line for 30 years will be built as part of a £1.85bn funding deal agreed with the Government. The new Metro line through Washington stands at the heart of...

Key appointment for North East Mayor’s Metro to Washington project

North East Mayor Kim McGuinness’ ambitions to open new rail routes in the region are taking a step forward with technical consultants appointed to provide specialist design work for the Metro to Washington project. Arup, a global consultancy which specialises...

Metrolink lays the foundations for growth

The next phase of a major £147 million programme to maintain, upgrade and improve Greater Manchester’s tram network gets under way next week. Essential track replacement work between Piccadilly station and Piccadilly Gardens takes place between Tuesday, 3 June and...

“Metro is go” with Network North Wales

An ambitious vision to deliver an integrated, high-frequency public transport network for North Wales, with frequent metro services at its heart, has been unveiled today. Network North Wales is a bold passenger-focussed programme of work to better connect communities, with...

Essential work to repair Victorian-era Bee Network tunnel to start this weekend

Essential engineering work to ensure a Victorian-era tunnel remains safe will result in a reduced tram service on the Bury line this weekend. Work to replace beams supporting the roof at Whitefield Tunnel means that no trams will run between...

Essential tram track replacement works completed at key city centre location as improvements to network continue

Essential work to install new tram tracks in Manchester city centre has been successfully completed on time as part of a planned £147m package to maintain, upgrade and improve the Metrolink network up to 2027.  Tram services have now resumed their...

Metro workers star on film to showcase the new trains

Metro workers are starring in a series of short films to help customers get to know the new Metro trains. The films, which are being screened on the Tyne and Wear Metro’s social media channels, show members of the Metro...

Birmingham Eastside Metro extension celebrates installation of key infrastructure for temporary terminus

The Birmingham Eastside Metro Extension project has reached another significant milestone with the installation of the switch and crossing infrastructure for its temporary terminus outside the Clayton Hotel yesterday (Thursday 20 March). This key piece of infrastructure is one of...

Bee Network hits 50 million contactless tap and go tram journeys

The Bee Network has hit a major milestone of 50 million contactless tap and go tram journeys, just days before launching on buses. The record breaking journey started at 7.07am on Wednesday (19 March) and the person travelled from Navigation...

£500,000 investment to improve drainage on Merseyrail Network

Network Rail is upgrading the drainage at a Cheshire flooding hotspot for passengers travelling between Liverpool and Chester. Services passing through Ledsham near Hooton have been subject to delay in recent months following heavy rainfall in the North West. Engineers have...

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£84 million OLE project completed on time and under budget

A major project to upgrade overhead line equipment between London and Bedford has been successfully delivered by Network Rail...