The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has this week welcomed Leader of Bradford Council, Susan Hinchcliffe, Councillor Alex Ross-Shaw and Councillor Liz Rowe to its Shipley site, where the programme is investing over £100 million in the construction of a new TrainCare Centre. The rail depot will initially be used to house and maintain Northern’s fleet […]
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Last segment rolls off the production line at HS2’s ‘viaduct factory’
The last of more than 2,700 enormous deck segments for HS2’s Delta junction, a complex triangular network of viaducts outside Birmingham, has been manufactured at a purpose-built factory. The deck segments, which each weigh up to 85 tonnes, were made at a temporary outdoor facility alongside the M42 near Kingsbury in Warwickshire. They are then […]
HS2 launches 1,620 tonne bridge over Grand Union Canal
A 1.5-mile section of the Grand Union Canal, owned by the charity Canal & River Trust, has reopened to the public seven days ahead of schedule after HS2 engineers successfully launched a 130-metre-long steel bridge into position over the canal. The launch operation, which began on Wednesday 4 March, involved sliding the 1,620-tonne deck across a […]
New images show progress on HS2’s Curzon Street station
Engineers working for the HS2 project completed the last of more than 2,000 concrete piles that will underpin the foundations of Birmingham’s Curzon Street station this week, as new images were published showing how the public spaces around the building will look. Stretching for more than 400 metres between Moor Street station and Millennium Point, […]
Arcadis and AtkinsRéalis jointly appointed to lead TRU programme partner
JointlyArcadis and AtkinsRéalis have been jointly appointed by Network Rail to support programme management for the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) through to completion of the multi-billion-pound project. Under the five-year Programme Partner framework, valued at up to £100 million with an option to extend up to eight years, an Arcadis-AtkinsRéalis joint venture will deliver key […]
New head of programmes at TransPennine Express
TransPennine Express (TPE) has appointed a new head of programmes for its part in the Transpennine Route Upgrade – shaping the future of rail travel across the North. Lindsey Tien-Rhimes is overseeing the delivery of key upgrades as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), a major programme transforming rail travel across the Pennines, bringing […]
Train services resume between New Malden and Twickenham after four-day line closure for upgrades
Train services are running between New Malden and Twickenham in south west London again after Network Rail engineers carried out four days of improvements to the railway. In Kingston, engineers replaced 25 pairs of wheel timbers, the long blocks that support the tracks, on Kingston River Bridge. The team also carried out general maintenance in […]
First major work begins to electrify the Borders Railway
Network Rail will begin the first stage of electrification on the Borders Railway later this week. The work follows the Scottish Government’s announcement in September last year of a £342 million investment to electrify routes in Fife and the Borders and introduce new battery‑electric trains. Electrification will help cut carbon emissions, improve air quality, enhance […]
Public invited to share views on Huddersfield TRU upgrades
Between Standedge and Gledholt in Huddersfield, the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is proposing a series of upgrades designed to support electrification and increased capacity on the route. These include improvements at Marsden and Slaithwaite stations, the reconstruction of a number of bridges and highways, and the installation of new track, signalling and cabling. Overhead line […]
GRS celebrates landmark 20Mt of aggregates to HS2
Sustainable materials supplier GRS has celebrated delivering a landmark 20 million tonnes (Mt) of primary and secondary aggregates to HS2 while exceeding performance, compliance and sustainability standards. Representing more than 80% of the bulk fill aggregates used along the 230km route, the 20Mt achievement was delivered through GRS subsidiary Rail Stone Solutions, establishing the firm […]