At the end of this month, railway engineers will be making major improvements to track and railway bridges between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge and Manchester Victoria and Rochdale.
This work is part of the multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU). The project will improve connectivity in the North of England – providing faster, more reliable services for passengers travelling between York, Leeds and Manchester.
Between Saturday 31 July and Sunday 15 August, over 3000m of track is being upgraded to bring smoother, more reliable journeys. Major work will also be carried out on six bridges across Central Manchester.
This will mean changes to services between Yorkshire and Manchester. Network Rail, Northern and Transpennine Express have built a plan to keep passengers moving on trains across the Pennines as much as possible.
Some journeys may need to be completed partly by bus, primarily between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria. The latest, state-of-the-art buses will be available to passengers so they can travel in comfort throughout.
Passengers looking to travel over this period are being urged to check nationalrail.co.uk and continue to follow Government guidance around the use of public transport.
to see continued investment in the North of England’s railway as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade. And with these works this summer, we will see a better, more reliable railway for our customers.
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The following changes to services will be in place between Saturday 31 July and Sunday 15 August:
Leeds – Manchester Victoria via Todmorden and Rochdale
Trains will start/terminate at Moston station.
Express buses will run between Rochdale and Manchester Victoria and between Manchester Victoria and Moston. No calling buses will run between Rochdale and Moston.
Ashton-under-Lyne – Manchester
- Trains will not run, but Metrolink services will be available to/from Manchester Piccadilly.
- On Saturday 14 and Sunday 15 August only, Metrolink services will not run on the Ashton line due to engineering work. Replacement bus services will be in place for passengers.
Liverpool Lime Street – Newcastle
- Trains from Liverpool Lime Street will be diverted to run to/from Manchester Airport via Manchester Piccadilly. Newcastle services will start/terminate at Manchester Piccadilly for onward connections.
Manchester – Leeds/York/Hull/Redcar
- Trains will divert to/from Manchester Piccadilly only
Stalybridge – Manchester via Guide Bridge
- Trains between Leeds (via Huddersfield) and Manchester Piccadilly will divert via Stalybridge and Guide Bridge.
- Buses will run between Stalybridge, Ashton-under-Lyne and Guide Bridge.