The government has launched the long-awaited study into options for running High Speed 2 (HS2) trains to Leeds city centre.
The “HS2 to Leeds” study, as it has come to be known, was a £100M promise made in the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), published by the Department for Transport (DfT) in…
The transport committee has written to Mark Harper calling the government’s response to its decarbonisation report “disappointing” and has demanded a long-term rail electrification strategy.
Fuelling the Future is the transport select committee’s reaction to the government’s Transport Decarbonisation Plan, released in July 2021, which aims to offer advice on decarbonisation…
Northern leaders have reacted furiously to claims prime minister Rishi Sunak is likely to revoke the promises for a full Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) promised by his predecessor Liz Truss.
One month ago the former prime minister promised a new 200km fully electrified line from Liverpool to Hull with a stop…
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) and the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Infrastructure (APPGI) have recommended that that government create a national transport strategy and improve delivery of rail infrastructure to deliver strategic transport goals such as levelling up and net zero.
It is one of five key recommendations set out…
Newly-appointed chancellor Jeremy Hunt has rowed back on prime minister Liz Truss’ promise to build Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) in full, saying that spending reductions on important projects are a possibility due to the “severity of the situation”.
In 2014, NPR was promised as a new high-speed line connecting major cities…
At £96bn the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) for the North and Midlands is the largest ever single investment programme in rail in the UK. It aims to transform rail travel in England over the coming decades, but leaves open key questions about how and when the individual projects will be…
The Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) lacks sufficient evidence for the cuts to HS2 Eastern Leg and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) and will not deliver its transformational promises to those who need it most, according to a new report from cross-party MPs.
The IRP was published by the Department for Transport (DfT)…
HS2 bosses have said that an underground Manchester Piccadilly station has been ruled out because it would cost too much and cause too much disruption for little benefit.
The plan for an underground through station at Manchester Piccadilly was promoted by engineers and rail planners as a way to maximise the…
The Institution of Civil Engineers (ICE) has submitted a highly critical analysis of the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) to the parlimentary inquiry looking into the Department for Transport (DfT) strategy.
In an eight-page submission, the ICE describes the DfT's rail stategy as unclear and lacking in ambition. The Transport Committee, a…
Network Rail has broken its silence on the Integrated Rail Plan, published last November, to defend its contents and commend the focus on the Transpennine Route Upgrade.
Chief executive Andrew Haines hit out at those who have complained that the IRP has failed to deliver and said that they have “lost…
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