Complaints about slow and busy trains is one of the issues that is most often raised with me, however what a lot of passengers don’t realise is that Network Rail is in the middle of the biggest programme of rail modernisation since the Victorian era.
Not only is this good news for passengers, it’s also good news for local businesses who are benefiting from this investment in our infrastructure. In Bolton West alone, Network Rail has spent about £29 million with local businesses - Severfield, for example, manufactured the arch for the Ordsall Chord project in Manchester at their Lostock factory.