Funding agreed for Burnley’s £26m Pioneer Place

Network Rail has issued a reminder to rail passengers that they face changes to services between Manchester and Preston via Bolton as the transport body looks to finally complete the upgrade of the railway.

BWB Consulting has been appointed to carry out preliminary transport highway assessments as Blackpool Council begins the planning process for its proposed eastern access road and the remodelling of the adjacent Common Edge Road Playing Fields.

A link road between the A677 and the A59, designed to cut congestion and improve access to the Samlesbury Aerospace Enterprise Zone and BAE Systems’ site, is due to open to the public at 12pm today.

Network Rail is to draw up a feasibility study to extend the East Lancashire Heritage Railway from Heywood to Castleton, nearly 10 years after the proposals were first put forward.

The railway between Manchester, Bolton, and Preston will close for nine days in late August and early September as Network Rail looks to complete electrification works that are already running months behind schedule.

A road to link Blackburn town centre with Junction 6 of the M65 looks set to go ahead with the Lancashire Enterprise Partnership looking to approve a £3.4m funding package this week.

An electric train has travelled to and from Blackpool for the first time, as infrastructure was last night tested along the 17-mile route between the seaside town and Preston.

Network Rail has started converting a freight yard in Wigan into a £46m train depot, to maintain 24 electric and eight diesel trains.