Tags: Hope Valley Railway Line

Work underway to help more trains run on time between Manchester and Sheffield

15th February 2023

The first pieces of track have been installed to relieve a long-standing bottleneck on the Hope Valley railway line, providing faster and more reliable rail journeys for passengers. Engineers working at Bamford on the Hope Valley line, laid the first 340 metres of track for a new ‘passing loop’ that will allow slower trains to […]

Multi-million-pound upgrade begins on Hope Valley railway line

23rd May 2022

Ground-breaking work on a £145m rail reliability upgrade between Manchester and Sheffield will start later this month. This essential work will remove several bottlenecks on the Hope Valley line to allow passenger trains to overtake slower freight trains and improve reliability, helping people get to their destinations on time. On Sunday 29 May, and every […]