Monday 9 Dec 2024
Mirfield Station Road closures during December
- Region & Route:
- Eastern
Throughout December, the TRU team will be carrying out work at Mirfield station that will see the partial closure of Station Road to vehicles and pedestrians over the Christmas period.
From 9pm on Tuesday 24 December to 4:30am on Friday 27 December, part of Station Road will be closed to facilitate TRU work.
Part of Station Road will also be closed from 10pm to 8am (Saturday night to Sunday morning) on the following dates:
· Saturday 14 December
· Saturday 21 December
Access will remain in place to Lidl, the Navigation Tavern and to properties on Brewery Wharf during the closures. Anyone who uses this route is encouraged to check roadworks.org for the latest information and the most up to date diversionary routes.
The work in Mirfield involves increasing the number of railway lines from three to four, reconstructing the platforms and providing step free access through a new, accessible footbridge with lifts.
A new station entrance concourse on Station Road will also be built, including lift access from the road to platform level. In addition, the station car park will be upgraded with new blue badge parking areas and improved cycle parking facilities.
Good progress has been made on site already – an extension to Platform 3 has been successfully completed and is now in operation, which has enabled piling work to take place at the station to install the foundations for the new footbridge.
Signalling work has been completed to support the platform modification, and track formation work has been undertaken ready for new track to be installed next year.
Jonathan Hepton, Project Sponsor for TRU, said:
“This work takes Mirfield a step closer to realising the full benefits of the TRU programme. When the station is completed, it will be fully accessible for the first time and enable faster, more reliable services to travel through the area and beyond.
“I’d like to thank local residents in advance for their patience as we complete these upgrades and I’d encourage people to plan their journeys ahead of time.”
The next stage of upgrades in Mirfield involves further piling work for the footbridge foundations, removing sections of the old bridge deck over Station Road and demolishing part of the wall on Station Road to form the new station entrance.
Notes to Editors
TRU will bring passengers:
• More trains to choose from and more seats. Our improvements will enable more
trains to run between Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York with up to six fast
services every hour between Leeds and Manchester and up to two stopping
services for local connectivity.
• Faster journeys so you can travel to your favourite towns and cities more quickly.
Our fastest journey times are forecast to be 63-66 minutes between Manchester
and York and 41-42 minutes between Manchester and Leeds.
• More reliable journeys with trains that run on-time
• Better stations across the Transpennine route, bringing passengers a better travel
experience through improved, more accessible stations
• Greener travel, reducing our carbon footprint and improving air quality. Our plans
aim to save up to 87,000 tonnes of carbon emissions each year – supporting the
government’s Net Zero objectives. We’re also developing a proposal to move more
goods by rail (up to 15 more freight trains each day.)
• Together, these freight trains are expected to remove over 1,000 lorries off the road each day.
TRU will bring local communities:
• Jobs for local people. Our workforce will be local, with 80% employment from
within a 40-mile radius of the route, and 60% employment from within a 25-mile
radius. With a current workforce of around 2000 people, we estimate that could
double over the course of the programme. We’ll employ an apprentice for every
£4million spent.
• Improved natural environments near the railway through 10% biodiversity net
gain across the route. This will create or enhance habitats for wildlife.
The multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) will bring this line into the
21st century with 70-miles of fully electric, digital railway. Our plans include:
• Electrifying the whole route between Manchester and York via Huddersfield and
Leeds
• Installing a new digital signalling system along the Transpennine route
• Doubling the number of tracks from two to four between Huddersfield and
Westtown in Dewsbury.
• Station improvements along the route to enhance customer experience, comfort
and accessibility
• Improving the railway on diversionary routes to allow more trains to run, to help
keep passengers and freight moving while the core Transpennine route is closed to
deliver essential upgrades. This will provide capacity and reliability improvements
for future too.
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