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Eccleshall Road bridge closure to continue until February
The closure of the B5026 near Norton Bridge is expected to remain in place until Friday 13 February, according to…
Author: Jon Cook
16th January 2026
Network Rail
Coppice Estate to be cut off for level crossing renewal
Coppice Estate faces two days without vehicle access as Church Lane level crossing closes for Network Rail works. Residents urged…
Author: Jon Cook
14th July 2025Pedestrian level crossing closed due to misuse
The pedestrian level crossing at Stone railway station has been closed with immediate effect due to "dangerous misuse" incidents. Over…
Author: Jon Cook
21st November 2016Replacement coaches in May as trains diverted
The London Midland rail service between the capital and Crewe will be diverted on six days between 30th April and 29th…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
27th April 2016Norton Bridge rail flyover opens
At 5.11am this morning (29th March), the first train used the new flyover at Norton Bridge, a development that will…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
29th March 2016Road closures on Easter Sunday for Network Rail work
Kings Avenue and Tunley Street will be closed on Easter Sunday as Network Rail continues its vegetation management works in…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
22nd March 2016Heavy rain sees Norton Bridge road diversion extended
A temporary diversion that's in place on the Stone to Eccleshall B5026 road is being extended until early December after heavy…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
16th November 2015Rail workers raise over £2,000 for Nepal earthquake victims
Workers at the Norton Bridge rail development have raised more than £2,000 towards the rebuilding of a school in earthquake-hit…
Author: Andy MacDonald23rd October 2015Network Rail to resume railway clearance work in Stone
Network Rail will resume its tree clearance programme in Stone, Staffordshire, on 2nd October. It was put on hold in…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
2nd October 2015Road diversion for Norton Bridge development
A temporary diversion will be in place on the Stone to Eccleshall B5026 road to allow the final stage of…
Author: Jamie Summerfield10th September 2015No trains at Stone over bank holiday weekend
There will be no trains calling at Stone or Stafford stations over the August bank holiday weekend as long-term improvements to…
Author: Jamie Summerfield25th August 2015Information event on railway vegetation clearance
Network Rail is holding an information event on 4th August to explain to local people why its work to clear…
Author: Jamie Summerfield21st July 2015Churn lid unearthed at Norton Bridge is from Saxon times
Archaeologists have discovered that a wooden butter churn lid unearthed at a major rail development near Stone (more HERE) is from the…
Author: Andy MacDonald
24th May 2015Prehistoric butter churn unearthed at Norton Bridge rail development
Archaeologists have unearthed evidence of a prehistoric settlement, including woodlands and part of a butter churn, at the major railway…
Author: Jamie Summerfield21st April 2015Trees to be removed from near railway line
Work will be carried out on the railway in Stone over the next three months to remove potentially dangerous trees…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
12th January 2015New footbridge over railway in Stone
A new pedestrian footbridge over the railway in Stone has been installed by Network Rail. The bridge, just down from…
Author: Jamie Summerfield
1st December 2014
