{"id":180464,"date":"2025-02-27T19:16:44","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T09:16:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.railfreight.com\/?p=60222"},"modified":"2025-02-27T19:16:44","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T09:16:44","slug":"scope-of-transpennine-route-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vibewire.com.au\/?p=180464","title":{"rendered":"Scope of Transpennine Route Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Transformational is a word used too lightly in the communications offices of the railway industry. However, a ration of such sobriquets should be reserved for one particular project. The work on the railway linking the east and west coasts across the industrial north of England.<\/strong>
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The growing pains of the Transpennine Route Upgrade are being felt across the entire core of the line. However, the multi-year project is progressing at many locations. The project management is tight-lipped about the finishing date, but also tight-lipped about the eventual level of benefits – which could give solace to freight operators.<\/p>\n

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There are those eager for more infrastructure. They argue that more tracks mean more trains. However, that perhaps overlooks the other capacity advantages that the modern railway has at its disposal. While the case for more tracks is seemingly more difficult to make than, say, the case for more lanes on the motorways of Britain, the railways can be smart as well, without any compromise on safety margins – a severe criticism that has been pointed at the discredited roads policy of making emergency lanes into running lanes.<\/p>\n