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Transpennine Route Upgrade and Electrification updates

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Noticed today piling work seems to have started between Micklefield and Garforth.
 
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jonesy3001 said:
Last time I went on the leeds to york line, there was piling works done but not has many between micklefield and church fenton, probably waiting til neville hill depot is done before they electrify the rest of the line.
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That would be a long wait. The track remodelling at Neville Hill is not due to be done until 2028, according to the Modern Railways article I summarised in #7868.
 
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Theres a very large looking crane now in place where the new viaduct is being built near Ravensthorpe as well. Looks to be some sort of structures on the ground nesr the crane, ready to be moved but couldn't quite see what it was.
 
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coxxy said:
Theres a very large looking crane now in place where the new viaduct is being built near Ravensthorpe as well. Looks to be some sort of structures on the ground nesr the crane, ready to be moved but couldn't quite see what it was.
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Very safe to say that boots are on the ground and shovel ready which pleases the hell out of me.
 
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Press release

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TRU extends thanks to passengers following four weeks of upgrades

Rail passengers experiencing longer journey times between Huddersfield and Leeds over recent weeks are being thanked for their patience by the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU).
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From Monday 24 June to Friday 19 July, the TRU team delivered upgrades to the railway between Huddersfield and Leeds. The work is part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade, a multi-billion-pound programme that will bring customers faster, greener and more reliable trains between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.

TRU engineers worked around the clock to complete the work, which included the renewal of 1.5km of track, drainage work across 500m of railway, and the recovery of 3.4km of redundant cable, whilst a number of different ground surveys also took place.

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Throughout August, services through Huddersfield will be affected each weekend, excluding the Bank Holiday (24-25 August) up to Sunday 1 September. This is while we carry out major upgrades at Huddersfield Station, taking passengers one step closer to a station truly fit for the 21st century.
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A quick glance from passing Huddersfield Bradford road bridge appeared to confirm concrete footings for north side bridge section are formed. Hopefully not much longer before new north side bridge is put in place. I haven't spotted the new bridge section anywhere though. Any clues as to when the installation will take place?
 
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Noted on a local FB forum that the New Access for all footbridge at Garforth has opened this afternoon. No lifts active as of yet pending further work
 
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Restoration of unique roof underway in Huddersfield station’s historic upgrade

The restoration of Huddersfield’s existing trainshed station roof will now commence to preserve the structure, with this being one of the few remaining ‘Euston Roof’ examples on the operational railway today.
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The restoration of Huddersfield’s existing trainshed station roof will now commence to preserve the structure, with this being one of the few remaining ‘Euston Roof’ examples on the operational railway today.

The town’s Grade I listed station is undergoing a full redesign with the construction of new and longer platforms, with additional track to enable more trains with extra seats to stop there.

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) has made significant progress with major rail improvements in Huddersfield as part of the multi-billion-pound project – a programme of works that will bring passengers faster, greener and more reliable trains between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.

Mining mitigation work has been completed throughout the area in recent months, whilst strengthening work has been undertaken to Huddersfield Viaduct in advance of new track being installed.

Work has also begun to carefully dismantle the station’s listed tearoom. This will be stored while the platform remodelling takes place, before being re-painted and reinstated at the station later on.

The TRU team will be working around the clock during several weekend line closures in August, with diversionary routes and rail replacement buses keeping passengers on the move.
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A few pictures of the new Access for all Footbridge now open at Garforth, no lifts installed as of yet
 

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43095john said:
A few pictures of the new Access for all Footbridge now open at Garforth, no lifts installed as of yet
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They had revenue inspection officers on the footbridge today preventing access to the bridge without a ticket. I know the road bridge has a footpath on one side but I would’ve thought the footbridge was a right of way across the station.
 
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43095john said:
A few pictures of the new Access for all Footbridge now open at Garforth, no lifts installed as of yet
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The footbridge looks good but I hope they have used shatter proof glass, well better glass than what was used for the footbridge at Kirkstall Forge that all got smashed and later replaced at great expense!
 
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BantamMenace said:
I know the road bridge has a footpath on one side but I would’ve thought the footbridge was a right of way across the station.
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Although not unknown, station footbridges being Public Rights of Way is very much the exception than the norm, I thought? I don't see why a new footbridge would automatically become one even if it could easily be used as such. However I also don't see any particular reason for Northern or NR to want to be overly obstructive about the bridge in the long run. From a more practical point of view it's a shame to see the bridge not be provided with a roof.
 
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fishwomp said:
Shouldn't have called it an "Access for All" bridge then if they're going to start wanting tickets to cross it!
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That's not what is meant by "Access for All" in the context of making the railway accessible to Persons of Reduced Mobility (PRM).
Once the lifts are completed, the bridge will allow all railway users to cross the line safely regardless of their mobility, thus Access for All relevant people is provided. Would you argue that the bridge at Leeds or the subway at Huddersfield were not universally accessible because they're inside the barriered area?

In any case Garforth is not, as far as I am aware, a "closed" (in the sense of being fully barriered) station, so there would be no issue with someone without a ticket using the bridge. It may be the case that this bridge is easier for PRM to use than the adjacent road bridge, in which case it would be reasonable to allow use by unticketed individuals.

Quibbling over the precise meaning of the word "all" is pointless pedantry. If someone were prevented from using the bridge to cross the line whilst not intending to travel, this would be a public relations nightmare for the railway, such that I'd be shocked if such a situation were to arise.
 
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Nottingham59 said:
It's not marked as such on footpathmap.co.uk
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A station footbridge is only likely to be a right of way if one existed at that point before the railway came into existence - Sheffield & Guildford being prime examples. If it can only be accessed from the platforms there almost no chance of it being one, and the occasional revenue block should be enough to ensure it doesn't become one by default.
 
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61653 HTAFC said:
It may be the case that this bridge is easier for PRM to use than the adjacent road bridge, in which case it would be reasonable to allow use by unticketed individuals.
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If the access from the road to both platforms is already so convenient that it's easier to use both access routes and two lifts than the public road, then it was a bit of a waste of money putting in an access-for-all footbridge in the first place. It's not like anybody actually needs to get from one platform to another at Garforth anyway.
 
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takno said:
If the access from the road to both platforms is already so convenient that it's easier to use both access routes and two lifts than the public road, then it was a bit of a waste of money putting in an access-for-all footbridge in the first place. It's not like anybody actually needs to get from one platform to another at Garforth anyway.
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No, but it is necessary to get from the ticket office on the Leeds-bound platform, to the York/Selby-bound platform. Even if the road bridge is technically accessible (which you'll notice is not the point I was making above) expecting ticket holders with mobility issues to take the longer route would not be ideal.
The old bridge did not provide sufficient clearance for the overhead wires, so needed to be replaced. It would be difficult to make a case that the replacement bridge need not provide Access for All, even if the route via the road was technically accessible. The road route was certainly not designed with Access for All in mind, given its age.
 
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takno said:
If the access from the road to both platforms is already so convenient that it's easier to use both access routes and two lifts than the public road, then it was a bit of a waste of money putting in an access-for-all footbridge in the first place. It's not like anybody actually needs to get from one platform to another at Garforth anyway.
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Pic attached of the old footbridge at Garforth showing the route from the road down on to platform 1: most certainly not providing access for all!
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61653 HTAFC said:
Neither myself nor @takno were suggesting that the old footbridge was accessible. The discussion was whether the adjacent road bridge would provide an accessible route.
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That was not my reading of @takno’s post, but I’m happy to be corrected by them. The old footbridge included stepped access from the road bridge down to platform 1, as I’m sure you are aware, with no other way of accessing the platform other than by going over the footbridge :)
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If the access from the road to both platforms is already so convenient
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