4-weeks disruption to weekday services in West Yorkshire
Category: TransPennine Route Upgrade
Digital signalling coming to Yorkshire as part of £4bn plan
Network Rail has announced a 10-year £4bn signalling plan that will see better reliability using a mix of traditional signalling and digital control.
West Yorkshire railway upgrade work completed
Successful completion of work after 10-day closure at Huddersfield.
Network Rail’s Easter heavy metal message
Network Rail says the Easter programme of works on the UK rail network should be music to the ears of freight operators. It is delivering around ninety million pounds (105 million euros) of enhancement works over the Easter weekend. The British infrastructure agency says that freight will benefit from the programme of works, at least…
West Yorkshire road to close for 10 weeks for Transpennine Route Upgrade work
A road in Dewsbury is to be closed for ten weeks from 8 April for work to take place in connection with the Transpennine Route Upgrade.
Ten days of rail disruption around Huddersfield this Easter
Network Rail has warned passengers of disruption to train services through the Huddersfield station area as it carried out engineering works from Friday 29 March to Sunday 7 April.
Transpennine Route Upgrade progress marked by first electric train
There was cause for celebration when, for the first time, an electric train ran between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge.
New Traincare depot to be built in West Yorkshire
Rail Minister Huw Merriman announces a new £100 million Traincare depot is to be built at Shipley, on a visit to the town.
Transpennine Route Upgrade reaffirms commitment to jobs in West Yorkshire
The multi-billion pound programme of rail improvements has reaffirmed its commitment to creating jobs as part of National Careers Week
West Yorkshire trains to be disrupted as upgrade work takes place
Transpennine Route Upgrade engineering works will severely disrupt services between Manchester and York on most weekends until the end of April.