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May Bank Holiday rail improvements work for the North West

Network Rail is advising customers of multi-million-pound upgrade projects which will take place over the early May bank holiday weekend from Saturday the 29th to Monday the 1st of May. The planned engineering works will affect services on the West Coast mainline and North West rail routes and comes as part of a bid to improve the railway for both passenger and freight trains and will include: In order for the work to take place as safely and efficiently as possible, the West Coast mainline will see a closure between [1] and Carlisle and also for the Lakes line between [2] and Windermere from Sunday the 30th of April to Monday the 1st of May

Phil James, Network Rail’s North West route director, said: “We made great progress on major railway improvements over Easter and I’d like to thank passengers for their continued patience while we carry out more must-do work between Saturday 29 April and Monday 2 May. We know there is never an ideal time to shut the railway, but bank holidays continue to be the least disruptive time for us to carry out this essential maintenance.

“With sections of railway needing to close for our important work, please check [3] Enquiries in advance to see how your journey could be impacted.” For passengers making their way to [4], Euston Station will be closed on Sunday the 30th of April because of improvement work being carried out. Passengers are being advised to check their travel plans using www.nationalrail.co.uk[5] before making their journey.

Major upgrades at Stalybridge // Credit: Network RailMajor upgrades at Stalybridge // Credit: Network Rail

Further detail regarding the Transpennine Route Upgrade at Stalybridge:

Taking place on Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th of April, Network Rail will undertake major upgrade work at Stalybridge, which will see:[6]

  • Installation of overhead line equipment in order to allow the operation of greener, cleaner electric trains.
  • The complete remodelling and simplification of the track layout
  • Commissioning of new signalling upgrades which will bring an improvement in capacity, and reliability whilst allowing an increase in train running speeds.

The upgrade work will see the following changes to services: [7] services:

  • Trains between Manchester and Leeds will divert via the Calder Valley
  • Trains between [8] Lime Street and Hull will only run between [9] and Hull, running non-stop between [10] and Leeds.
  • Customers travelling to or from Manchester and [11] need to change at Leeds in order to catch further connections.
  • Trains between [12] and Newcastle will divert between [13] and Leeds and will not call at Huddersfield. However, there will be an extra stop at [14].
  • Trains between [15] and Saltburn will start/finish at Manchester Victoria instead of [16] and will not call at Manchester Airport, [17] or Manchester Oxford Road.

    The services will be diverted between Manchester Victoria and Leeds and will not call at Huddersfield.

  • Trains between [18], York and Scarborough will run between York and Scarborough only.
  • Customers need to change at York for all onward connections.
  • Local services operating between Marsden, Huddersfield and Leeds will continue to run, calling at Slaithwaite, Deighton, Mirfield, [19], Dewsbury, [20], [21] and Cottingley.
  • Rail replacement buses will run between Manchester Piccadilly and Huddersfield non-stop.
  • All-stations rail replacement buses will operate between Manchester Piccadilly and Huddersfield, calling at Stalybridge, [22], [23], Marsden and Slaithwaite.
  • Customers can change to onward services at Huddersfield.
  • A rail replacement bus service will run operate between Manchester Airport and Huddersfield calling at Stockport.

[24]:

  • [25] services between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge will be replaced by rail replacement buses.

Whilst the work is underway, people may need to change trains, experience longer journey times and services are expected to be much busier than usual and some routes will require the use of rail replacement buses.

Passengers are being advised to check their travel plans using www.nationalrail.co.uk[26] before making their journey.

References

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  5. ^ www.nationalrail.co.uk (www.nationalrail.co.uk)
  6. ^ Taking place on Saturday the 29th and Sunday the 30th of April, Network Rail will undertake major upgrade work at Stalybridge, which will see: (www.railadvent.co.uk)
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  26. ^ www.nationalrail.co.uk (www.nationalrail.co.uk)

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