England: Hope Valley Project in final push
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…
Hope Valley Bamford loop passes with flying colours
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…
UK Hope Valley Upgrade bridges Bamford gap
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…
Rail freight resurgence in Sheffield
Sheffield is at the heart of England’s fourth most populous area and was also at the heart of the Industrial Revolution. Today, the city region…
Double bore at Dore for UK rail freight relief
In the English city of Sheffield, work is underway to relieve a freight bottleneck on the Midland Main Line in England. An additional track is…
Freight will benefit from Midland Main Line upgrade
The British infrastructure agency, Network Rail, is engaged with upgrading the Midland Main Line between London and the cities of Nottingham, Derby, Leicester and Sheffield.…
Quick quick slow: Hope Valley upgrade dances around freight traffic
Network Rail has begun upgrading the ‘Hope Valley’ route railway between Manchester and Sheffield as part of the wider Trans Pennine Upgrade project. The route,…
Alternatives on the table to UK’s HS2 Eastern Leg
An under-reported study has emerged proposing several strategic alternatives to the HS2 Phase 2b Eastern Leg – the contentiously cancelled project in the UK government…
Sheffield derailment report asks questions of Network Rail
The Rail Accident Investigation Branch, the appointed independent safety investigator for the UK rail network, has concluded its report into the derailment almost one year…
European Metal Recycling backs a rail freight future
The UK firm European Metal Recycling has put its faith in rail freight as the company seeks to meet its net-zero target by 2040. European…
Sheffield sees iconic marshalling yard reborn as intermodal terminal
Freight forwarding and logistics operator Newell and Wright is the latest enterprise to take advantage of the potential for the former marshalling yard at Tinsley,…
England’s Hope Valley to be upgraded
The UK government has rubber-stamped a 137 million pound investment (153 million euros) for the Hope Valley line. The route is the major mixed-use connection…