Throughout Christmas, engineers working on the Transpennine Route Upgrade completed major improvements between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.
Included among the work carried out was:
- replacing points just outside of York;
- replacing and upgrading the track through Mirfield;
- decommissioning platform 2 at Mirfield Station;
- installing a new underpass at Huddersfield Station;
- carrying out extensive piling and electrification work on various sections of the route;
- testing signalling and telecommunication equipment;
- replacing a bridge near Dore & Totley Station as part of the Hope Valley Railway Upgrade.
When complete, the Transpennine Route Upgrade will result in:
- more frequent and faster trains between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York;
- more reliable journeys with trains that run on-time;
- upgraded stations to provide with passengers a better travel experience through improved accessibility;
- greener travel through a reduced carbon footprint and improved air quality;
- plans to remove over 1,000 lorries off the road each day through the government's Net Zero objectives.
Neil Holm, Managing Director for the Transpennine Route Upgrade said: Some fantastic work has taken place over the festive period in very tough weather conditions. I'm really proud of everyone who played their part to get the jobs over the line. These achievements allow us to continue with a number of major upgrades this year, continuing TRU's progress and bringing us closer to fast, greener and more reliable electric trains running between Manchester and York .
UPDATE.AND IT IS STILL NOT OPEN AFTER ANOTHER TWO MONTHS!!!! due to “unforeseen circumstances”. Unbelievable.
I thought we were getting a High Speed train? This is another pathetic cheap botch job for the North. People wanting to get to the jobs in Manchester will have five minutes knocked off their journey time. We have a saying in the North, “Buy cheap, buy twice.”
You should worry.The underpass at Romiley was supposed to reopen on the 22nd of NOVEMBER!! & there is no sign of it being re-opened 7 repeat SEVEN weeks later.No reason given so we are not holding our breath.Little wonder that HS2 is well over budget and half of it cancelled.
What more can you say?.
Why all the improvemens? Theres no trains anyway …..people have given up on the trains and looking for other ways to get to work .
Speak for yourself, I use the trains every day.
Err, hence the improvements?
Dear John Watkins,
When you write “northern end of the platforms”, is that what some of us think of as the eastern end of the platforms?
They meant a U.T.X which is an under track crossing for cables.they underpass will be filled in and platform access will be via overbrigdes connecting the platforms
What is wrong with the current underpass at Huddersfield station? Why does it need replacing?
Good question. I thought the underpass was going to be closed and a bridge put in. I have seen they’ve done some drilling in platform 1, but there’s nothing new there (or not when I was there yesterday).
Plans show the existing underpass being extended to the new platform and a footbridge being installed at the northern end of the platforms.