Jacobs, a global company that provides engineering, design and construction services, has been appointed by Network Rail as the technical services integration delivery partner for the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU), a critical railway infrastructure program in the United Kingdom.
TRU plans to deliver faster, more frequent and more reliable journeys along a 70-mile route with 23 stations that stretch from York to Manchester, via Leeds and Huddersfield.
TRU is being delivered by several organizations, including Jacobs, which has provided various asset management services, including a system level analysis to inform the route's performance modeling, developing a common data environment and a digital twin for the program.
Jacobs also managed the BREEAM infrastructure assessment for the Leeds Station Capacity improvement.
In 2024, Jacobs helped Network Rail, the owner and infrastructure manager of most of the railway network in Great Britain, to deliver the
