Dewsbury

Amended: Transpennine Route Upgrade wraps up Christmas and …

Friday 5 Jan 2024
Amended: Transpennine Route Upgrade wraps up Christmas and New Year upgrades
Transpennine Route Upgrade successfully concludes Christmas and New Year Projects, paving the way for a greener, faster and more reliable railway. 
Despite d…

New Year, New Track

Tuesday 19 Dec 2023
New Year, New Track
Region & Route:
Eastern[1]
As people settle down to commence their New Year festivities, engineers working on Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) will start work at Mirfield station.
The upgrades, which are part of …

Brocklehurst Transport welcomes its first Renault truck

Russell Pickup, fleet and compliance manager at the Dewsbury-based haulage firm, said: “For us, fuel efficiency is the key consideration for selecting a new vehicle and we were keen to test Renault Trucks’ Turbo Compound.
“Although the initial purchase…

Network Rail expects normal service from Monday after West …

Network Rail[1] has said that it expects rail services in West Yorkshire[2] to return to normal on Monday after a collapsed wall caused a landslip in Dewsbury[3] yesterday (Wednesday 8 November).
Part of a retaining wall running alongside the railway c…

Kittens cry for help after being dumped at side of road

This pair of adorable kittens were found dumped on the side of the road in Dewsbury[1].
Last week, on Saturday, November 4, a member of the public found the two young cats in a cardboard box on the street. She heard them meowing from inside the box. Th…

Disruption due to Dewsbury landslip to continue into weekend …

Network Rail said part of a retaining wall that runs alongside the railway close to Thornhill Road, to the south of Dewsbury Station, collapsed on Wednesday morning.
This caused a several-metre-wide landslip directly next to the track and closed the li…