Huddersfield Station – 15th December 2023
I took these pictures at Huddersfield station today.
Note.
- The station is a Grade I Listed building.
- The station will be fully-electrified under the TransPennine Upgrade.
- St. George’s Square in front of the station is pedestrianised.
- There is a pub in each wing of the station.
This OpenRailwayMap shows the tracks between Huddersfield and the next station to the East; Deighton.
Note.
Huddersfield station is in the South-West corner of the map, where the tracks lead to Manchester.
Deighton station is in the North-East corner of the map, where the tracks lead to Leeds.
The tracks between the two stations will be electrified as part of the TransPennine Upgrade.
This second OpenRailwayMap shows the layout of platforms and tracks in Huddersfield station.
Currently, there are the following platforms.
- Platforms 1, 4 and 8 are through platforms.
- Platform 2 is a bay platform at the Manchester end of the station is used by trains on the Penistone Line to Sheffield.
- Platform 5 and 6 are two bay platforms at the Leeds end of the station, that are used by services to and from Bradford Interchange.
The Wikipedia entry for Huddersfield station says these changes will be made under the TransPennine Upgrade.
Work is underway on Network Rail’s Transpennine Route Upgrade project, which will see electrification of the Huddersfield Line, allowing many of the services through the station to switch to newer, faster electric rolling stock. As part of this project the signal box on platform 4 which was decommissioned previously will be removed, its control area already passed to the York Rail Operating Centre as a part of the Huddersfield Re-signalling project. To match the quadrupling of the line north of Huddersfield, the project will in effect split the existing island platform, extending the existing bay platforms 5 and 6 to form two new through platforms covered by a new roof, and add a new footbridge at the Leeds end. The process will also include relocating the 1880s island platform tea room, and rotating it through 180 degrees.
It looks like the functionality of the station for passengers, staff and operators will be upgraded to the level of style of the station.
Performing The Upgrade
I learned today, that during some parts of the upgrade work, Deighton station will be used as a temporary station for Huddersfield.
TCP Is Using Hydrogen To Create Cleaner Construction Sites
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on the Eastern Daily Press.
This is the sub-heading.
Air and noise pollution are challenges for every construction project. For green energy infrastructure developers especially, cutting emissions is a pressing conundrum.
These are the first four paragraphs.
Large-scale construction demands diesel-guzzling heavy plant and noisy diesel generators powering off-grid site work for years before a project generates its first clean energy.
Back in 2012, Andrew Barker identified hydrogen as a fuel of the future and a solution to pollution issues during construction projects in his Essex-based family business, Taylor Construction Plant (TCP Group).
His concerns about health issues caused by carbon emissions, combined with a drive to make a difference, led to game changing inventions using hydrogen to transform power for site operations – making sites better neighbours, with fewer health dangers to site workers and helping the drive against climate change.
He developed his first hydrogen powered product more than a decade ago – mobile lighting towers that are the flagship product for the business and first choice for building and maintenance projects across the UK on the mission to net zero.
It appears now Andrew Barker has a strong business, which can be found at this web site.
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