Travel · Rail, Channel & ferries · 6 November 2026
Sheffield passenger services affected by bridge deck replacement
Passenger services in the Sheffield area will be disrupted this weekend due to bridge maintenance, Network Rail has announced. The works involve replacing a life-expired steel structure over the River Sheaf at Beauchief. Disruptions are limited to 7-8 November.
Network Rail has confirmed that passenger services will be affected this weekend as a Sheffield bridge deck is replaced. The steel bridge structure over the River Sheaf at Beauchief is being replaced because it is life-expired. A new 73-tonne bridge deck will be lifted into place by crane as part of the works.
The replacement of the bridge deck will affect journeys in the Sheffield area on 7-8 November. During the works, 86 tonnes of ballast and 90 new sleepers will be used. CrossCountry trains between Derby, Chesterfield and Sheffield will be retimed by a few minutes to accommodate the engineering schedule.
East Midlands Railway trains on the Norwich to Liverpool Lime Street route will see altered call patterns. On Saturday, these services will not call at Sheffield but will stop at Dronfield, Alfreton, Langley Mill, Ilkeston and Bamford. On Sunday, the same route will call additionally at Alfreton, Langley Mill and Ilkeston, and will start or terminate at Sheffield.
Northern trains between Nottingham and Leeds will run only between Sheffield and Leeds, with tickets accepted on East Midlands Railway services between Nottingham and Sheffield. TransPennine Express trains between Sheffield and Manchester Oxford Road via Stockport will not run. Services between Sheffield and Manchester Piccadilly will be diverted via Huddersfield.
The announcement does not specify the exact time the crane lift will take place, nor does it detail the duration of the retiming for CrossCountry trains beyond stating they will be adjusted by a few minutes.
Written by StreetOwl from Network Rail’s own announcement. It was drafted by StreetOwl’s own model, every figure and quotation was checked by code against the announcement, and it was read and approved by Michael Rossi before it went up. It says what was announced, not what anyone should do about it.
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