The controversial plan by Manchester United Football Club to annex a rail freight terminal may just have taken a step towards an amicable outcome. The…
Britain’s official crash scene investigators, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB), has formally declared its interests in the recent freight derailment in Manchester. The RAIB…
A planned bridge reconstruction in Manchester goes ahead this weekend despite the unplanned bridge deconstruction on the other side of the city. Castleton Bridge, which…
One Manchester bridge is being replaced, while another has shattered under a freight train. Railway neighbours reported the sound of a building collapsing and fixtures…
Castleton Bridge, which spans the Transpennine M62 motorway, is being renewed. British infrastructure agency Network Rail had prepared Greater Manchester for disruption. Rebuilding the bridge,…
Network Rail, the national infrastructure agency for Great Britain, plans to replace the Castleton Bridge this Autumn. That is earlier than usual notice, but this…
Work has started on the final engineering project to upgrade the Hope Valley line in the north of England. The line, which crosses the Pennines…
The Hope Valley upgrade in the north of England is improving the railway between Manchester and Sheffield. The project is being promoted as a provision…
A new report sets out the economic and environmental case for more rail freight into Greater Manchester. The metropolitan area around Manchester is experiencing a…
The Hope Valley freight main line and passenger community lifeline is approaching the endgame of a multi-year upgrade project. Recent line closures have seen major…
It has been something of the poor cousin to Manchester’s famously successful tram network. Traditional heavy rail in the region has lagged behind in popularity…
It may have been rescoped, but the TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU) remains at the heart of ambitions for Transport for the North. At its latest…