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title: TRU East Alliance awarded £160m contract for new Shipley train depot
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# TRU East Alliance awarded £160m contract for new Shipley train depot

![View of the Shipley TrainCare Centre](https://www.systra.com/ireland/wp-content/uploads/sites/24/2026/07/shipley-depot-news_01.jpg)

The Shipley TrainCare Centre will support the operation of Northern’s electric
train fleet, helping to improve reliability and resilience for passengers while
enabling future phases of the programme to be delivered.

The depot will provide a vital new facility for the storage, servicing and
maintenance of trains serving the Airedale and Wharfedale lines, supporting more
efficient and dependable services across the region.

The TRU East Alliance – comprising of Network Rail, VolkerRail, Murphy, Siemens
Mobility, SYSTRA and Arcadis – will deliver the project through an integrated
design and build approach, bringing together the combined expertise of all
partners.

![The Shipley depot will provide a vital new facility for the storage, servicing and maintenance of trains serving the Airedale and Wharfedale lines.](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2026/06/shipley-depot-news_02-1024x576.png)

VolkerRail will lead on track, signalling, overhead line equipment installation
and low voltage systems. Murphy will deliver lineside civils and major civil
engineering works, while Siemens Mobility will deliver the high voltage power
systems, overhead line design and, telecommunications infrastructure, including
the first Rail Charging Converter (RCC) synchronised to the mainline network.
The converter will enable the depot’s 25kV overhead line system to be supplied
directly from a local 11kV electricity network connection, reducing
infrastructure requirements and improving operational flexibility. SYSTRA is
principal designer for the alliance, CSM provider, and also undertaking human
factors and systems engineering roles. Arcadis is acting as designer for the
[Shipley project](https://thetrupgrade.co.uk/shipleydepot/), supporting the safe
and coordinated design for the scheme.

Work is already underway on site, with significant enabling activity completed
over the past year. This has included site clearance, removal of contaminated
materials and ground preparation, alongside major infrastructure works such as
the diversion of an underground sewer and the construction of two large
retaining walls.

This early activity demonstrates the pace of delivery across the Alliance and
highlights how collaborative working is enabling complex infrastructure to be
progressed efficiently, while supporting local jobs, skills and investment as
the project moves forward.

James Ramsden, TRU East Alliance director, said: “Securing this contract award
marks a major milestone for the TRU East Alliance and reflects the strong,
collaborative approach we’ve developed with Network Rail, Northern and the wider
Enterprise.

“With early works already well underway at Shipley, we’re now moving into the
next phase of delivery. By bringing together the collective expertise of all
Alliance partners, we’re well placed to deliver a modern, high-quality depot
that will play an important role in supporting more reliable and resilient rail
services across West Yorkshire.

“This project demonstrates the value of working as an integrated Alliance to
deliver complex infrastructure that benefits passengers, communities and the
wider rail network.”

![Construction of the main Shipley depot building has commenced.](https://www.systra.com/uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/11/2026/06/shipley-depot-news_03-1024x576.png)

Construction of the main depot building has commenced and will be followed by
all the supporting systems and infrastructure installation works until early
2028. Construction of the facility is expected to be completed by the end of
2027 and brought into service in early 2028.

[The depot](http://thetrupgrade.co.uk/shipleydepot/) will initially be used to
support Northern’s electric fleet while
[TRU East](https://www.systra.com/uk/project/transpennine-route-upgrade-east/)
delivers significant disruptive access to re-model infrastructure at Neville
Hill in Leeds.

The Transpennine Route Upgrade is a multibillion-pound programme that will
transform journeys across the North, improving connectivity between major towns
and cities including Manchester, Huddersfield, Leeds and York.

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