Nine-day train closure planned between Leeds and York for bridge work
Summarised from 3 outlets · Updated 23 Oct, 06:08 · Archive
Train services between Leeds and York will suspend for nine days from 24 October for railway bridge installation.
Train services between Leeds and York will be suspended from Saturday 24 October to Sunday 1 November for major improvement works on the Transpennine Route Upgrade.
The closure will enable installation of a new railway bridge at Church Fenton. The replacement is being done a year ahead of schedule because the existing bridge is too low to support planned overhead line equipment for electrification. Adam Sellers, senior sponsor for the Transpennine Route Upgrade, said the nine-day closure would allow teams to carry out reconstruction safely and take the project a step closer to electrifying this section of the route.
The closure follows two recent weekends of work on the bridge. Rail replacement buses will run between Leeds and York, with additional stops to serve stations along the route. Carl Harland, Transpennine Route Upgrade customer lead for Northern, described the direct rail replacement bus as the quickest way for customers to travel between the two cities during the closure.
How it is being reported
- Yorkshire rail travel: Buses to replace trains between Leeds and York for nine days to assist Transpennine Route Upgrade improvement worksFrom this weekend there will be buses to replace trains between Leeds and York to assist Transpennine Route Upgrade improvement works.Yorkshire Post · 23 Oct, 06:00
- Nine-day rail closure planned between Leeds and York - here's whyTRAIN services will be suspended for nine days during major improvement worksTelegraph & Argus · 23 Oct, 05:00
- Nine-day train disruption planned as buses to replace services between Leeds and YorkThe nine-day line closure follows two recent weekends of workYorkshire Evening Post · 22 Oct, 16:30
In this story: Leeds · York · Church Fenton · Transpennine Route Upgrade · Northern
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