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Two strong teams have come together to mark the halfway point of 30 days of intense rail upgrade works that will give passengers better journeys, with players from Rugby League side Huddersfield Giants joining TRU as the midway point of activity has been reached. 

Testing at speed of digital in-cab signalling has been successfully completed for the train which provides the largest inter-city fleet on the East Coast Main Line.

The number of life-saving interventions on the East Midlands rail network increased by more than 21% this year, new figures show.

The number of life-saving interventions across Network Rail’s North & East* rail network increased by over 57% this year, new figures show.

Passengers are reminded that there will be changes to journeys over the next two weekends because of various rail improvement projects.

On 6^th October 1846, a public bank holiday was declared as the Earl of Fitzwilliam laid Huddersfield station’s foundation stone. Last Saturday (30 August), nearly 180 years on from that momentous day, the station closed for 30 days of intense work, as its grandest transformation in a generation is undertaken as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.

Network Rail, in partnership with City of Doncaster Council and the wider rail industry, is calling on members of the public to help name a new railway training facility when it officially opens this October.

A project to install 565 metres of new rail will affect Midland Main Line journeys on Saturday 20 September.