Do you travel by train between Leeds and York or Selby? Rail users are being urged to check before travelling as services will be impacted on five consecutive weekends.
00:00The Trans-Pennine Route upgrade work is on track to continue throughout every weekend in June and during the first weekend of July, meaning your journey between Leeds and York and Leeds and Selby will be diverted via Castleford.
00:14Network Rail are urging rail users to check before travelling for the latest updates with local services between the stations due to be served by rail replacement buses.
00:24Across the weekends, teams will start work on the next phase of electrification between Church, Fenton and Leeds, with the first overhead wires being installed along a 6km section of the line through Barxton, Ash and Huddleston, which will supply the power for faster and greener electric trains in the future.
00:43Integration between operators Trans-Pennine Express and Northern means the majority of customers will be kept on trains through diversionary routes.
00:52Meanwhile, Crossgate Station Road Bridge will be demolished on the weekend of the 14th and 15th of June before the new bridge framework and bridge deck is moved into position by Crane on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of July.
01:05This will allow overhead line equipment to be fitted through the station and beyond, which means cleaner, greener and electrified services down the line.
01:14Station Road will be closed to traffic in both directions between the 12th to the 16th of June and the 3rd to the 7th of July.
01:22Road diversions will be in place, but pedestrian access and access to businesses will remain in place throughout.
01:29Once electrification is completed across the entire route, it is estimated that 180,000 tonnes of carbon emissions will be saved each year.
01:38Further bridge construction will also take place on the weekend of the 5th and 6th of July near Churchventon.
