📋 Tender Overview
As The Year Draws To A Close, The Transpennine Route Upgrade (Tru) Is Marking Another 12-Months Of Strong Progress, With Major Achievements Delivered Across The Route, Bringing Customers Closer To More Frequent, Faster And Greener Rail Journeys Between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds And York. Across The 70 Miles, Significant Headway Has Been Made With The Roll-Out Of Electrical Overhead Lines, Supporting Greener, Cleaner Rail Travel And Helping To Modernise Services For The Long Term. In August, Team Tru Celebrated A Key Milestone As 25% Of The Route Was Electrified Between York And Church Fenton, Joining Manchester Victoria To Stalybridge As Electrified Sections On Tru. Huddersfield Remained A Key Area For The Programme This Year, One Of The Major Undertakings Being The 30-Day Station Closure In September. Working Around The Clock, Engineers Installed New Bridge Beams Across Span 1 Of Huddersfield Viaduct, Reconfigured Platforms And Completed Vital Track And Signalling Upgrades, All Of Which Will Improve Reliability And Prepare The Station For Longer Trains In The Future. Huddersfield Also Saw The Opening Of A Train Maintenance Centre At Hillhouse Depot In October, A New Ps46 Million Facility Built To Keep Trains Running For Customers Across Yorkshire. As We Approach The End Of Year With Over 5000 People At Work, Over 10,000 People Now Trained At Our Dedicated Safety Training Centre And Just Under 450 Apprenticeships Now Filled On The Programme, Tru Is Proving Itself To Be The Foundation Of Great Capability In The North. James Richardson, Managing Director For The Transpennine Route Upgrade Said: Across The Route: While Many People Have Wound Down For The Festive Period, Team Tru Are Out On The Railway Making The Most Of The Quieter Period To Keep Progress Moving. Engineers Have Realigning Tracks And Installing New Signalling Equipment In Mirfield, Continued With Huddersfield Station Roof Canopy Restoration And Commenced The Demolition Of Whitacre Street Overbridge In Deighton. Over On The East Of The Route, A 32-Day Closure Is Allowing Teams To Install And Test 70 New Signals, Remodel And Install Over 3Km Of Track And Realign Platforms 3 & 4 At Church Fenton Station. The Transpennine Route Upgrade (Tru) Is A Multi-Billion-Pound Railway Programme That Will Transform Journeys Across The North, Better Connecting Towns And Cities Like Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds And York. Tru Fast Facts Key Milestones To Date Passengers / Community Members Network Rail National Helpline 03457 11 41 41 Latest Travel Advice Please Visit National Rail Enquiries Journalists Henry Hughes Communications Manager Network Rail Henry.Hughes@Networkrail.Co.Uk We Own, Operate And Develop BritainS Railway Infrastructure; ThatS 20,000 Miles Of Track , 30,000 Bridges, Tunnels And Viaducts And The Thousands Of Signals , Level Crossings And Stations. We Run 20 Of The UkS Largest Stations While All The Others, Over 2,500, Are Run By The CountryS Train Operating Companies . 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 A Safe And Reliable Railway , So We Carefully Manage And Deliver Thousands Of Projects Every Year That Form Part Of The Multi-Billion Pound Railway Upgrade Plan , 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: @Networkrail Visit Our Online Newsroom: Www.Networkrailmediacentre.Co.Uk
