{"id":3650,"date":"2025-08-07T16:42:06","date_gmt":"2025-08-07T15:42:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/?p=3650"},"modified":"2026-04-15T16:57:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T15:57:02","slug":"25-percent-of-the-transpennine-route-now-electrified","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/25-percent-of-the-transpennine-route-now-electrified\/","title":{"rendered":"25% of the Transpennine route now *electrified*"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>On 5 August 2025, the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) team welcomed Heidi Alexander, Secretary of State for Transport, along with David Skaith, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire and Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, to the route as they marked a significant milestone in the delivery of an electrified railway across the North.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"694\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-007-1024x694.jpg\" alt=\"An blue and silver train at a train station in the day time. \" class=\"wp-image-3651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-007-1024x694.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-007-300x203.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-007-768x521.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-007-1536x1041.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-007-2048x1389.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sunday 3 August saw the first electric passenger train run between York (Colton Junction) and Church Fenton. This means that 25% of the 70-mile Transpennine route is now electrified following the introduction of electric services between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge last year. By summer 2027 this will be 40%, with full-route electrification expected in 2030.&nbsp;<br><br>Once complete, the programme will cut carbon emissions by up to 108,000 tonnes per year and enable more rail freight, removing over 1000 lorries from the road daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe have reached a key milestone as 25% of the route is now electrified. enabling greener, faster, and more reliable journeys between York, Leeds, Huddersfield, and Manchester in the future. The improvements are already bringing economic and social benefits along the route and wider communities across the North&#8221;, said TRU Managing Director, James Richardson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-043-1024x633.jpg\" alt=\"Three people stood smiling next to a train at a station.\" class=\"wp-image-3652\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-043-1024x633.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-043-300x185.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-043-768x474.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-043-1536x949.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.murphygroup.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/LYSOS_LYSOS-043-2048x1265.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Murphy has been delivering this work as part of the TRU East Alliance, consisting of Network Rail, Murphy, VolkerRail, Siemens and Systra.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To read more about&nbsp;the TRU East Alliance, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.murphygroup.com%2Fstaging%2Fproject%2Ftranspennine-route-upgrade-tru-east-section%2F&amp;data=05%7C02%7Cjulialeonard%40murphygroup.com%7C3ced6adf27c141fc3ed808ddd507eae8%7C17aae19672ea47f9b8c1e442263f82f2%7C0%7C0%7C638900952314600106%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=dVIMbM6Y%2BZbNqNl6ttKrpGG1hp%2BSVKG%2B5nAoknAVnwA%3D&amp;reserved=0\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 5 August 2025, the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) team welcomed Heidi Alexander, Secretary of State for Transport, along with David Skaith, Mayor of York and North Yorkshire and Tracy Brabin, Mayor of West Yorkshire, to the route as they marked a significant milestone in the delivery of an electrified railway across the North. 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