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Investment in Crewe in limbo after HS2 cancellation


24/02/2025 in News

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

THE recent signalling upgrade at Crewe, which has seen digital signalling move from Basford Hall to the new Rail Operating Centre in Manchester, has cast extra significance on what happens next for the famous railway town and the wider region.




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