First TRU electric train completes test run between Manchester and Stalybridge

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An electric train has completed its first test run, travelling between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) project.

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This run tested the new electrification equipment installed along the route as part of the multi-billion-pound upgrade to the line between Manchester and York via Huddersfield and Leeds.

Specifically, this follows work completed by TRU in 2023, which included the installation of overhead line electrification (OLE) between Manchester Victoria, Stalybridge and Guide Bridge stations; the replacement of track to allow faster speeds; 25 new signals for closer spacing of trains and a higher-speed railway junction at Stalybridge.

Many of these key upgrades were completed as engineers worked ‘around the clock’ during a 26-day closure in March and April last year.

TRU said electric trains are set to run between Manchester and Stalybridge from the end of the year, bringing ‘greener, faster and more reliable journeys to the route.’

This section will be the first to be electrified, with the remainder of the route between Manchester and York set to be upgraded in the future.

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