{"id":98007,"date":"2021-08-19T10:49:30","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T09:49:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/?p=98007"},"modified":"2021-08-19T10:49:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T09:49:30","slug":"manchester-transpennine-upgrade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/manchester-transpennine-upgrade\/98007\/","title":{"rendered":"Manchester railway construction complete as part of Transpennine upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Railway lines between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale\/Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge have fully reopened following the successful completion of work by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.networkrail.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Network Rail<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Work took place to completely reconstruct <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/mmc-news\/innovative-railway-footbridge\/94838\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">railway bridges<\/a> on Dantzic Street and Queens Road and strengthen and waterproof Bromley Street and Oldham Road bridges.<\/p>\n<p>Over 3,000m of the track was upgraded and track remodelled between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge. 17 new signals were also installed.<\/p>\n<p>Further work takes place as planned on Sunday 22 August, Sundays throughout September and the weekend of 2 and 3 October, to make the final changes with less disruption to passengers.<\/p>\n<p>All <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tpexpress.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">TransPennine Express<\/a> (TPE) services will again be diverted into Manchester Piccadilly, with TPE services between Manchester Piccadilly and Liverpool being operated by rail replacement buses on Sundays. Buses will also replace Northern services between Stalybridge and Manchester Victoria calling at Ashton-under-Lyne.<\/p>\n<p>This work is essential to enable more trains and faster trains to run in future. The newly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/railway-bridges-contract\/82237\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">renovated bridges<\/a> now allow increased weight loading of more trains and the new and remodelled track will allow trains to run at faster speeds.<\/p>\n<p>This major railway upgrade programme will improve connectivity in the North of England by providing faster, more reliable services for passengers travelling between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_98010\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-98010\" style=\"width: 575px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-98010 \" src=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aerial-shot-of-Dantzic-St-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"575\" height=\"383\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aerial-shot-of-Dantzic-St-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aerial-shot-of-Dantzic-St-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aerial-shot-of-Dantzic-St.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aerial-shot-of-Dantzic-St-696x464.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aerial-shot-of-Dantzic-St-630x420.jpg 630w, https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Aerial-shot-of-Dantzic-St-610x407.jpg 610w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-98010\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dantzic St Bridge<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3>A crucial milestone for the Transpennine route upgrade<\/h3>\n<p>Neil Holm, Transpennine route upgrade director for Network Rail, said: \u201cWe\u2019ve made major progress across <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/developer-led-regeneration-greater-manchester\/48598\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Greater Manchester<\/a> on this key part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Our teams have worked around the clock over the past 16 days to improve journeys for passengers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs well as bringing more reliable services, this complex upgrade will eventually allow more trains and faster trains to run on the busy route between Manchester and York.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe carefully planned the work to keep passengers moving during the upgrade. I want to say a big thank you to passengers for their patience while the improvements took place.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Chris Jackson, regional director at Northern, added: \u201cThe Transpennine Route Upgrade is a vital part of the future of rail in the North and it\u2019s great to see this first phase completed \u2013 paving the way for further enhancement work on this crucial business and leisure corridor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an industry we have worked closely to keep disruption to a minimum, and our customers on the move, and we are all grateful for the understanding shown by those who rely on our services to get them where they need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"mk-custom-module-container\">\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Railway lines between Manchester Victoria and Rochdale\/Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge have fully reopened following successful completion of the work by Network Rail.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[304],"tags":[91241,579,17747,928],"stakeholder_rel_tag":[],"contributor_rel_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-98007","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-planning-construction-news","7":"tag-bridge-construction","8":"tag-infrastructure","9":"tag-manchester","10":"tag-rail-network"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.9 (Yoast SEO v26.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester railway construction complete as part of Transpennine upgrade<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Railway lines between Manchester Victoria\/Rochdale and Stalybridge have fully reopened following successful completion of the work by Network Rail\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/manchester-transpennine-upgrade\/98007\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manchester railway construction complete as part of Transpennine upgrade\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Railway lines between Manchester Victoria\/Rochdale and Stalybridge have fully reopened following successful completion of the work by Network Rail\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.pbctoday.co.uk\/news\/planning-construction-news\/manchester-transpennine-upgrade\/98007\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Planning, Building &amp; 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