Category Archives: Electrification

Huddersfield station closure – community drop-in information event 8th July

Huddersfield station will be closed for 30 days from Saturday 30 August until Sunday 28 September, reopening on Monday 29 September 2025, to facilitate major upgrades as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU). Huddersfield station will temporarily close between … Continue reading

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Huddersfield station closure, September 2025 – bus replacement arrangements

Huddersfield station is set to close for 30 days between Saturday 30 August and Sunday 28 September to allow for the Transpennine Route Upgrade engineers to continue to transform the station. Other work will also be taking place on the … Continue reading

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“Transport Secretary more than trebles investment for rail in the north to over £9 billion”

Pardon just a tiny bit of cynicism on our part. The North Transpennine route was acknowledged as being full in 1999. Railtrack (as was) produced glossy brochures of what they would do to increase capacity, and handed out those brochures … Continue reading

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National Audit Office Report 20/07/2022 – The Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme

“The Transpennine Route Upgrade Programme has had a difficult start, with the Department taking more than a decade to agree a scope. As a result, passengers will have to deal with delays and overcrowding on a route that is at … Continue reading

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