Transpennine Route Upgrade works set to ramp up across Yorkshire
Rail infrastructure works are set to take place across Yorkshire as part of the ongoing programme, including an £800,000 investment in a Victorian-era bridge near Knottingley.
Network Rail will carry out the work on Brotherton Bridge over the August bank holiday weekend, alongside the renewal of 1.4km of track at Sherburn in Elmet to improve reliability.
The work at Brotherton Bridge will see the track support system renewed, with ageing sections replaced with modern fibre-reinforced components to extend the life of the infrastructure and enable the continued safe operation of trains.
Repairs and repainting of the bridge will also be carried out while scaffolding is in place.
The bridge, which carries the railway over the River Aire, dates back to the mid-19th century. Its original tubular railway structure was replaced by the current steel bridge in 1903.
The work is due to take place from Saturday 29 to Monday 31 August, with some passenger services replaced by buses.
Further major works will take place in and around Huddersfield in September as the wider Transpennine Route Upgrade progresses.
From Saturday 19 September to Sunday 4 October, engineers will work around the clock on a package of improvements designed to increase capacity, improve reliability and support faster and more frequent services.
At Huddersfield station, the subway will be extended towards platforms 4, 5, and 6, which are being remodelled to accommodate longer trains and more seats.
Work will also continue on the restoration of the station’s historic Euston-style roof.
At Deighton station, reconstruction works will progress with the installation of a new footbridge. The completed bridge will feature lifts to provide step-free access.
Elsewhere along the route, Network Rail teams will renew track and drainage, install new track to increase capacity and install overhead line equipment to support the introduction of electric trains in the future.
Huddersfield and Slaithwaite stations will close for the duration of the September works, while the railway between Stalybridge and Mirfield will also be affected.
Mossley, Greenfield, and Marsden stations will close on the weekends of 19-20 September and 3-4 October.
The works form part of the wider Transpennine Route Upgrade, which is modernising the railway between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.
