Too much dithering over northern powerhouse rail

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?

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Lord Hendy discusses Great British Railways, HS2, fares, and the changes taking place in the railway structure

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

RAIL Columnist

JAKE KELLY, Managing Director of Network Rail’s North West & Central Region, discusses his first 100 days in the job with RICHARD WILCOCK, and what he is keen to achieve