Rebuilding the railway across the pennines

HS2… Northern Powerhouse Rail… an “Elizabeth line for the North”. Why is more not being made of the Transpennine Route Upgrade’s potential to improve the region’s rail services?

The Huddersfield station blockade will see 3,000 trains diverted and 13,500 replacement bus services in operation. ALAN WHITEHOUSE reports on plans for keeping disruption for passengers to a minimum

GARETH DENNIS imagines how railways will look over the next four decades, after DAVID STUBBINGS starts with this decade‘s reforms

Thousands of services and a host of different operators competing for space

Two weeks of shuttles to run between Lancashire and Carlisle while a bridge over the M6 is replaced

After years of delays and funding issues, the new stations on Birmingham’s Camp Hill Line are finally taking shape. PETER PLISNER reports