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Crewe

Crewe station is at capacity and has been the focus of repeated efforts to modernise and renovate it. ALAMY.

News

Investment in Crewe in limbo after HS2 cancellation

The recent resignalling at Crewe has cast extra significance on what happens next at the railway town.

Crewe 24 Feb

Aerial shot of Crewe Basford Hall freight depot. NETWORK RAIL.

News

'Once-in-a-generation overhaul of Crewe signalling system complete as three signal boxes close

A two-year project to upgrade signalling at the busy junction station has been completed

Network Rail 6 Jan

Alstom staff overhaul a bolster which sits inverted on a lifting table. PHILIP HAIGH

Feature

Alstom Crewe’s latest milestone in bogie overhaul

Ben Jones visits Alstom’s component overhaul facility at Crewe to see how vital it is to Britain’s hardest-working trains - and many other passenger fleets.

Maintenance and refurb 25 Oct

News

Crewe’s record-breaking ‘91’ saved for Bo’ness museum

East Coast Main Line Class 91, 91131, the final locomotive to be built at Crewe Works and a passenger speed record breaker has been handed over for preservation

6 Jan

News

TSSA union backs skills training initiatives

HS2 Ltd says that 2,200 people who were previously out of work have now secured skilled jobs at its 350 sites between London, the Midlands and Crewe

17 Sept

News

TfW seeks cover after loss of ‘Sprinters’ in train fire

Transport for Wales says rail services will continue to be affected “for the rest of 2022”, following a train fire near Craven Arms in Shropshire on May 22.

2 Jun

News

HS2 jobs boost

The London-Crewe section of HS2 could support over 34,000 jobs at the peak of its construction

4 Sept

News

Bombardier returns to work at Derby, Crewe and Ilford

Bombardier resumes work at three sites

15 Apr

News

GALLERY: Crewe open day raises £55,000 for charity

Charities benefit from Crewe open day

15 Jun

News

DRS open day raises more than £37,000 for charity

4,000 visitors attend DRS open day at Crewe Gresty Bridge

27 Jul

Gallery

EXCLUSIVE PICTURES: Inside Arriva TrainCare's Crewe depot

Inside Arriva TrainCare's Crew depot.

14 Jan

News

Longer tunnel and new depot planned for HS2 Phase 2a

A longer tunnel south of Crewe, revised connections to the WCML and a relocated construction railhead are planned for Phase 2a of HS2).

20 Sept

Trackwork at Hornsey. NETWORK RAIL.

News

Network Rail Bank Holiday engineering work goes to plan

Network Rail completed £30 million worth of work over the May 28-30 weekend, in one of its least disruptive Bank Holiday engineering schedules.

1 Jun

News

Crewe-Shrewsbury railway upgrade

Crewe-Shrewsbury railway upgrade

7 Dec

News

Network Rail deploys 14,000 strong workforce over May Day bank holiday weekend

West Coast Main Line and Waterloo among locations that will be worked on.

22 Apr

News

New electric shunters for DB Schenker

DB Schenker introduces electric shunters at Toton and Crewe.

10 Apr

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DB Cargo UK 2 Jun

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FirstGroup explains why Class 222s were "only option" for Lumo Euston-Stirling service

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Electrification 14 Jul

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DB Cargo UK 11 Jul

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DB Cargo sells three more Class 90s for reuse

DB Cargo UK 7 Jul

Stored SWR Class 701s and former West Midlands Railway Class 323s at Long Marston. JACK BOSKETT/RAIL.

UK "fails to provide trains people want or like"

Rail Live 2 Jul

An East Midlands Railway Class 222 approaches Braybrooke on the Midland Main Line. PAUL BIGGS.

Further MML electrification and York capacity projects paused

Midland Main Line 8 Jul

An East Midlands Railway Class 222 approaches Braybrooke on the Midland Main Line. PAUL BIGGS.

FirstGroup confirms Class 222s for Euston-Stirling Lumo route

Lumo 2 Jun

Off-lease 221104 passes Wellington as part of a driver training run between Central Rivers TMD and Wrexham. ALISTAIR COX.

All three West Coast Main Line open access bid rejected

Open access 3 Jul

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