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Leeds-Manchester upgrade proposals announced. - Posted: August 20, 2019 - 6:18 PM Quote and reply
A series of public events will take place in communities between Huddersfield and Westtown (Dewsbury) in early September, with the feedback received helping to form part of a Transport and Works Act Order (TWAO) submission that Network Rail will make to the Secretary of State for Transport in Autumn 2020.
The proposals the public will be asked to feedback on for the Huddersfield to Westtown (about half a mile south of Dewsbury) section include:

Doubling the number of tracks from two to four

Major upgrades to stations at Huddersfield, Deighton, Mirfield and Ravensthorpe

Electrification

A proposed ‘grade separation’ – either a bridge or a tunnel – at Ravensthorpe that will separate two sections of track from each other

A decision will be made in 2022 with construction starting immediately if approved.
NR 20.08.19

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