Double bore at Dore for UK rail freight relief

Track works at Dore looking west towards Hope Valley
Image: Chris Morgan

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 being installed to help ease freight movements on the London-Sheffield route (the Midland Main Line) and the Hope Valley line, which serves a complex of busy quarry operations and provides a link between Sheffield and Manchester.

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Author: Simon Walton

Simon Walton is RailFreight's UK correspondent.

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1 comment op “Double bore at Dore for UK rail freight relief”

David Moore|10.02.23|11:32

I wish the article included both before and after track plans. I would find that most interesting.

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