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The Sun
6 days ago
- Business
- The Sun
Two UK train stations to SHUT this month for £11billion railway upgrade – and one won't reopen until 2027
TWO UK railway stations are set to shut this month as part of an £11billion railway upgrade - and one of them won't reopen until 2027. It comes amid major investment in stations and trains across the country with services impacted in several parts of the UK. 1 Customers warned to plan ahead The multi-billion-pound Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a programme of railway improvements being carried out by Network Rail. The aim is to improve customer journeys across the North and facilitate better transport links between towns and cities like Manchester and Leeds. Now, as major work begins to take place in the railways across Huddersfield and Deighton, customers have been urged to plan ahead. Gareth Hope, TRU sponsor, said: 'This period marks one of the most significant phases of work on the Transpennine Route Upgrade to date, delivering vital improvements that will bring faster, more reliable journeys to customers for generations. 'Whilst we know our work will cause disruption, we'd like to thank customers and local residents for their patience as we deliver generational change to their stations and their rail journeys.' Exact closure dates Huddersfield train station will be closed from Saturday, August 30 until Sunday, September 28. During this time, the Huddersfield viaduct will be updated and the John William Street will be replaced. Platforms, and track renewals will also be carried out as planned as well as signal updates. Train services from Huddersfield towards Manchester, Leeds, York, Bradford and Sheffield will be affected during this time. But where possible, diversions will be in place to allow customers to travel on trains Picturesque English town is getting new £27m train line for first time in 60 years – & will cut journey times by an hour However, customers are urged to check before travelling via or their train operator's website When the station reopens in September it will only be on a temporary position until the station is complete in 2027. And it will only run with three platforms in use instead of six during that time. Deighton station will also close on August 30th, but it won't reopen until 2027. Three scenic train journeys you can take in the UK Cornish Coast - One trip that rail enthusiasts seem to love is along a stretch of the Cornish coast and takes just 10 minutes to complete. The route from St Erth to St Ives only stops at Carbis Bay en route to its final destination, but the views out the window for the whole journey are pretty spectacular. Another highlight of the journey is that St Ives station is situated right next to Porthminster beach, meaning the sand and sea can be accessed almost immediately. Meanwhile, the station is less than a ten minute walk into town, where the harbour, shops, galleries and pubs can be explored. Durham to Edinburgh - Another train route that people in the UK love is the East Coast train line between Durham and Edinburgh, with coastal views and city landscapes among the sights that can be seen out the window. Newcastle, Berwick, Lindisfarne and Durham Cathedral are all among the highlights on that route. Scotland's West Highland Line - While Scotland is home to plenty of famous landmarks and top attractions, it also has one of the most breathtaking train routes in the world. Scotland's West Highland Line has previously been dubbed the best rail journey in the world by Wanderlust - and it's easy to see why. The journey from Glasgow to Fort William is one of my favourite train routes - and I've interrailed through mainland Europe. With mountain landscapes, serene lochs, wistful moors, and wildlife all visible through the train window, it's certainly a route all holidaymakers should consider doing at least once. Once open, the new Deighton station will boast two new tracks to allow faster services to overtake slower ones. It will also extend platforms to facilitate longer trains with more seats for passengers and there will also be a new footbridge with lifts for step-free access to both platforms. During both railway closures, hourly rail replacement buses will operate to enable passengers to complete their journeys. During this time, there will also be a number of road closures around both stations. However, customers are urged to check before travelling via or their train operator's website. The closures come as another railway line is set to shut next month.
Winnipeg Free Press
24-05-2025
- Winnipeg Free Press
Boeing settlement not enough
Grief hits Kellen Deighton in waves, six years after his friend Danielle Moore died during an Ethiopian Airlines plane crash. So a recent tentative agreement allowing for Boeing, the plane's maker, to avoid criminal charges doesn't sit right with Deighton — nor does it sit right with others in Moore's Manitoba community. 'From the beginning, I thought that this should have resulted in actual arrests,' Deighton said. 'They killed my friend.' On Friday, the U.S. Justice Department filed court papers to reach an 'agreement in principle' where Boeing would pay or invest more than $1.1 billion for two plane crashes killing a collective 346 people. Under this agreement, Boeing would avoid criminal prosecution for allegedly misleading U.S. regulators about its 737 Max craft. The jet type went down twice over a five-month span in 2018 and 2019, off the coast of Indonesia and in Ethiopia. Should the new agreement unfold, $445 million will go towards crash victims' families. Boeing declined to answer questions about the arrangement Saturday. The punishment isn't enough, Deighton emphasized. He echoed scores of people who've lost loved ones and have called for retribution. 'There's kind of like a before and after moment in a lot of our lives,' said Deighton, whose brother dated Moore for roughly five years. 'Danielle was a very special person,' he continued. 'She was pure, and her intentions to make the world a better place… (were) so powerful.' Moore had been travelling to Nairobi, Kenya for the United Nations Environment Assembly. She was a passionate activist for the environment and human rights. She hailed from Scarborough, Ont., and moved to Winnipeg pre-2019, working as an educator for Canada Learning Code's mobile program. By 24, her resume was full. She volunteered for a swath of charities and had participated in Ocean Bridge, a Canada Service Corps. national conservation program, among other things. Moore now has tributes throughout Canada. In Manitoba, FortWhyte Farms has planted flowers in her name; Robert Smith School in Selkirk started an outdoor classroom with devotions to her. Kim Cooke, Deighton's aunt, teaches at the elementary school. She collaborated with Deighton, Moore's mother and others to build the new classroom's seating circle and gardens. A plaque commemorates Moore and the 17 fellow Canadians on Flight ET302. 'We loved her dearly,' Cooke said. She felt it wasn't her place to comment on the Boeing agreement. However, the victims' families 'deserve way more,' she stated. There's a Danielle Moore scholarship in Nunavut; the territory was among the jurisdictions Moore taught at via Canada Learning Code. Moore left a 'lasting mark' on FortWhyte Farms through her dedication to sustainability and community, FortWhyte Alive communications manager Mark Saunders wrote in a statement. 'Danielle was a very special person. She was pure, and her intentions to make the world a better place… (were) so powerful.'–Kellen Deighton Moore's legacy clearly lives on, Deighton stated: 'It's just too bad that I know she would've done tenfold.' A criminal conviction against Boeing could have jeopardized the company's status as a federal contractor, the Associated Press attributed experts saying. In 2021, the U.S. Justice Department charged Boeing for deceiving Federal Aviation Administration regulators. The department agreed to nix prosecution if the company paid a $2.5 billion settlement. Last year, federal prosecutors said Boeing violated terms of the 2021 agreement by failing to make changes to detect and prevent violations of federal anti-fraud laws that it promised. Boeing agreed to plead guilty to the felony fraud charge last July. In December, a U.S. district judge rejected the plea deal. Boeing's corporate headquarters are in Virginia. It has a large manufacturing footprint in Winnipeg. – With files from the Associated Press Gabrielle PichéReporter Gabrielle Piché reports on business for the Free Press. She interned at the Free Press and worked for its sister outlet, Canstar Community News, before entering the business beat in 2021. Read more about Gabrielle. Every piece of reporting Gabrielle produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. Our newsroom depends on a growing audience of readers to power our journalism. If you are not a paid reader, please consider becoming a subscriber. Our newsroom depends on its audience of readers to power our journalism. Thank you for your support.
