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“Public consultation opens on TRU Stalybridge to Saddleworth plans”

Posted on September 16, 2024 by admin

[from Network Rail press release, 16 September 2024] Images have been released showing the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) changes coming to the railway and stations between Stalybridge tunnel and Diggle (Saddleworth). The public consultation on this area of the route … Continue reading →

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Timetable Changes from December 2024 – the end of through trains between Marsden/Slaithwaite & Leeds

Posted on September 3, 2024 by admin

The next national rail timetable change date is Sunday 15 December 2024. The most significant change in December will be TransPennine Express’s year-long temporary reduced timetable coming to an end, meaning the following changes inservice levels on routes serving West … Continue reading →

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After 25 years of vague promises, we want definite commitments

Posted on August 28, 2024 by admin

As a rail users’ group at the midpoint between Leeds and Manchester, we have followed the stop-start (but mostly stop) progress of the Transpennine Route Upgrade and all of its previous incarnations with great interest, and argued for outcomes which … Continue reading →

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Media coverage of TPE, Six Months On

Posted on December 10, 2023 by admin

Six months on from Transpennine Express being taken back into public control (and yes, we know that the Department for Transport had quite a lot of control even before that date), some press and media coverage of the Huddersfield to … Continue reading →

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