Tag Archives: Northern Powerhouse Rail

The government has committed to “a reassessment of the evidence for better connecting Bradford and the case for a new station” as part of its study on bringing High Speed 2 (HS2) services to Leeds.

The promise comes as part of its response to the Transport Select Committee’s inquiry into the…

An underground through station for High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) services at Manchester Piccadilly would be high risk but faster and more affordable than the Department for Transport’s (DfT) assumptions, according to a tunnelling expert.

A group of local authorities from Greater Manchester, banded together under the…

A four-platform underground through station at Manchester Piccadilly for High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) will be an operational headache, according to rail experts.

Earlier this week a group of local authorities from Greater Manchester, banded together under the name GM Partners, had the opportunity to petition against…

Representatives of Manchester authorities started petitioning yesterday for a four platform underground through station in the High Speed 2 (HS2) Phase 2b bill petitioning.

The bill for HS2 Phase 2b, which will grant the power to build the high-speed line from Crewe to Manchester, passed its second reading in Parliament with an…

Bradford Council will be working with the UK Infrastructure Bank (UKIB) to develop plans for a new through station in the city centre, potentially where the scrapped local Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) station was meant to be built.

The aim of Northern Powerhouse Rail was to connect key cities in the…

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has “urged government to stick to the plan and get on with delivering HS2 to Manchester and the core Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) as quickly as possible” to boost the North’s economic productivity.

NIC chief executive James Heath made this plea during a speech at Transport…

HS2 Ltd has set out plans to improve capacity at junction 6 on the M56 to support future growth at the new proposed train station at Manchester Airport.

The proposals, developed in conjunction with National Highways, suggest relocating junction 6 of the motorway to the southwest and sequencing the works within…

The Autumn Statement has left a “sense of relief” in the infrastructure sector as no major projects have been axed, but there is also an expectation of tougher times ahead without the planned capital spending rises.

Despite the swirling rumours of cuts to some or all of the country’s major infrastructure…

The country’s three biggest rail projects will progress as planned after surviving spending cuts announced in today’s Autumn Statement.

Chancellor Jeremy Hunt recommitted the government to delivering High Speed 2, Northern Powerhouse Rail and East West Rail during his statement to the House of Commons. Cuts to all three schemes had…

Newly appointed rail and HS2 minister Huw Merriman has said he wants to focus on signing off projects and that he is committed to looking at solutions for Bradford’s rail connectivity.

Speaking at the Railway Industry Association (RIA) conference, his first public appearance since being appointed to the ministerial role, Merriman…