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 for more reliable and faster passenger journeys. However, the route...Read more
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 work completed, with key milestones hit by the project team,...Read more
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 is far from finished with its manufacturing past, and the...Read moreDouble 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 being installed to help ease freight movements on the London-Sheffield...Read more
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. The work will enhance capacity on the route and eventually...Read more
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, serving rural communities between the two cities, will provide more...Read more
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 Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands (IRP). An...Read more
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 ago at Sheffield station. As a result, the RAIB has...Read more
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 Metal Recycling, based in Warrington with operations all over the...Read more
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, which lies on the boundary between the industrial cities of...Read more
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 between the cities of Sheffield and Manchester, and also serves...Read more
Sheffield derailment RAIB preliminary report
Track fastenings failure led to the Sheffield cement train derailment in November, says the independent watchdog in the UK, the Rail Accident Investigation Branch. The RAIB has determined that a track failure led to the...Read more
Services resume after Bradford fire
A huge line-side fire has disrupted rail services in and around the north of England city of Bradford for a full week. However, Network Rail has confirmed that a full train service is expected to...Read more
Major London derailment caused by track rot, says report
A failure to repair infrastructure seems to be the main cause of the derailment in London in January this year. This is the conclusion of the UK’s independent Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB). The accident...Read more
Sheffield recovering after derailment, still work to be done
Trains are running again through the partly damaged Sheffield Midland station northern England. Infrastructure repair works continued over the weekend so that services could partially resume on Monday. Last Wednesday, a slow-moving freight train conveying...Read more