Will momentum build behind North’s plan for faster rail links between cities?

Ambitious plans to slash rail journey times between the north of England’s big cities have been published by the DfT and Transport for the North. But questions are already being raised about their deliverability

Ten options for upgrading east-west rail links across the north of England, each costing at least a billion pounds, have been outlined in a transport strategy prepared by the DfT and local authority-led body Transport for the North.

The document covers road and rail but the road element is a re-statement of the improvements planned in the Highways England road investment strategy published last December, plus the forthcoming studies that will inform future road investment periods (LTT 17 Dec...

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