📋 Tender Overview
From Sunday 14 December Until Summer 2028, Ravensthorpe Station Will Close As The Transpennine Route Upgrade (Tru) Build A New, Modernised Station 200M West Of The Current Site. Rail Replacement Bus Services Between Ravensthorpe And Dewsbury Stations Will Be In Operation Throughout The Closure To Keep Customers On The Move. The Newly-Built Ravensthorpe Station Will Have Step Free-Access And A Footbridge With Lifts, And A New Forecourt Area With Improved Drop-Off Facilities. The Construction Of A Longer Island Platform Will Accommodate Longer Trains With More Seats For Passengers. This Is Part Of TruS Wider Work In The Area, Which Will See A New Four-Track Railway Installed Through The Footprint Of Both The Existing Station Site And New Location. This Sequencing Means The New Station Cannot Be Built Until The Tracks Are Laid, Including The Construction Of The New Baker Viaduct - Both Of Which Will Enable Faster Trains To Overtake Slower Ones, Reducing Journey Times Across The North. Overhead Line Equipment (Ole) That Will Power Electric Trains Will Also Be Installed. Work Is Well Underway In The Area, Known As Ravensthorpe Triangle, And Is Currently One Of The Biggest Civil-Engineering Sites In The Country. Notable Work So Far Includes The Installation Of Concrete Beams To Form The New Calder Road Bridge, The Installation Of Piers For The New Baker Viaduct, And Utility Diversions On Thornhill Road As Part Of Road And Track Realignment Work. Andrew Campbell, Tru Sponsor, Said: Andrew Allwright, Tru Programme Delivery Lead For Northern, Said: Tru Fast Facts Key Milestones To Date Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Journalists Ewan Bayliss Communications Executive Network Rail We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of , 30,000 And The Thousands Of , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS . Usually, There Are Almost Five Million Journeys Made In The Uk And Over 600 Freight Trains Run On The Network. People Depend On BritainS Railway For Their Daily Commute, To Visit Friends And Loved Ones And To Get Them Home Safe Every Day. Our Role Is To Deliver , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The , To Grow And Expand The NationS Railway Network To Respond To The Tremendous Growth And Demand The Railway Has Experienced - A Doubling Of Passenger Journeys Over The Past 20 Years. Follow Us On Twitter: Visit Our Online Newsroom:
