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Lecture

Transpennine Route Upgrade - Huddersfield Station Upgrade

Event organised by Railway Civil Engineers' Association

Date
22 May 2025
Time
12:30 - 13:30 BST
Location
Online
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Overview

Former Poet Laureate Sir John Betjeman described Huddersfield railway station as “the most splendid in England”. Since its opening in 1847, Huddersfield railway station has been at the heart of the town’s community.

In 2022, Huddersfield station celebrated not only its 175th birthday but a new future, as the Transpennine route upgrade began to significantly improve its facilities, giving the people it serves a station truly fit for the 21st century.

Plans included:

  • Two new platforms and the extension of existing platforms to improve station capacity,
  • Improved accessibility – including new footbridge and lifts, and step-free access from the front entrance,
  • Sympathetic restoration of the station roof,
  • Additional toilet facilities,
  • Improved customer information system,
  • Track upgrades to support more trains,
  • The repaired and repainted tearoom will be relocated on its current platform.

Join us at this engaging event to discover more about how these plans have been brought to life so far.

Organised by

Railway Civil Engineers Association

Railway Civil Engineers Association

The RCEA advances professional development and knowledge in railway engineering, including main lines, metros, and light rail.

Programme

12:30 - 12:35

Welcome and RCEA introduction

12:35 - 13:20

Transpennine Route Upgrade - Huddersfield Station Upgrade

13:20 - 13:30

Q&A and event round up

13:30

Event ends

Speaker

Andrew Jarman

Andrew Jarman

Network Rail

senior project engineer

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Andrew Jarman

Andrew has 35 years’ experience working on numerous rail and highway projects. This includes a total of 15 years with Network Rail, as Senior Asset Engineer and for the last five years as Senior Project Engineer working with the Transpennine Route Upgrade West Alliance.

Other projects that Andrew has worked on include:
•    NWEP’s Phase 3, Preston to Blackpool Electrification,
•    Network Rail Work Package A, including Ordsall Chord,
•    Principal Engineer on Network Rail CEFA Assessment Programme,
•    Phase 2 of the Nottingham Tram Project,
•    Huyton to Roby four-tracking,
•    Bridgeguard 3, 40t Assessment Programme.

Andrew tutored on ICE Training course, “Bridge Design to Eurocodes”

For more information please contact:

Elira Alushi & Jayne de Ville

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