From today's Railway Herald 24 September :
http://railwayherald.com/magazine/preview/703
In July, the DfT committed to £589million of funding for the design andenabling works to allow the firststage of the Transpennine Route
Upgrade (TRU) programme.This programme covers work to beundertaken between 2019 and 2029,during Control Periods 6 and 7. A core
set of projects, known as Group 1, willbe undertaken first, and these coverthe lines from Manchester Victoria andGuide Bridge to Stalybridge, Huddersfieldto Ravensthorpe and Ravensthorpe toLeeds, with each section being electrified. Additional lines and junction works east ofHuddersfield will provide additional capacity.
A final decision on the rest of the routewill be undertaken next year, to allowadditional work to be carried out on freightcapacity. The final decision will also includewhether to adopt full route electrificationand digital signalling. The DfT says: “Thereis ambition to develop proposals for fullelectrification of the entire Manchester-York TRU route in the next phase, andwe have challenged Network Rail todeliver this at a cost which is affordable.The results of this work will inform ourupdated business case next year.”The additional work, which includes lookingat enhancing the number of paths for freight
services over the Pennines and loading gaugeenhancements is, according to the DfT, beingtaken forward as a joint project looking atboth the core Transpennine route, and alsothe Calder Valley and Copy Pit summit routes.