Eastern news
Nine-month road closure on Calder Road in Ravensthorpe
From Monday 27 October, part of Calder Road in Ravensthorpe will be closed to vehicles until summer 2026.
Rail upgrade work between Leeds and York across Christmas and New Year period
Upgrade work along the route between Leeds and York will continue over the Christmas period and throughout January to help deliver a faster, greener and more reliable railway as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade.
Reminder: Extensive engineering upgrades affecting passenger journeys
Passengers are reminded that a far-reaching package of engineering work will affect journeys over the next three weekends.
Upgrades underway for oldest in-situ cast-iron railway bridge in the world
Crawshaw Woods Bridge near Leeds is the oldest cast-iron railway bridge in the world to still be in use over a live railway, and last weekend (October 11-12), engineers carefully moved it as part of the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade.
Halfway mark reached for TRU Community Fund applications
Strong interest has already been shown in this year’s Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) Community Fund, and local community groups, schools and charities are urged to apply now before applications close – or earlier if capacity is reached.
Track improvement work means changes to journeys, passengers advised
A weekend of engineering work to install new track and sleepers will affect journeys between the East Midlands and Skegness.
Chesterfield station’s £3.3m platform reconstruction gets under way
A major infrastructure upgrade is taking place to strengthen two platforms at Chesterfield station.
GTR and Siemens Mobility update entire 717 fleet to updated version of ETCS
Govia Thameslink Railway (GTR), with Siemens Mobility, has updated its entire fleet of 25 Class 717 Great Northern trains to run in passenger service using an updated specification of the in-cab digital signalling software, European Train Control System (ETCS).
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