Andrew Stephenson

Former South Yorkshire Mayor Dan Jarvis urged Ministers to “get on with it” and launch the £100m HS2 study

Government urged to ‘get on with it’ and launch £100m HS2 study

An artists impression of what the new HS2 trains could look like. Manufacturers Hitachi and Alstom have signed a £2bn contract to build a fleet of trains to serve the new network.

£100m study looking at best way to get HS2 trains to Leeds could take two years

The Government said it remains committed to ensuring HS2 trains reach Leeds

Northern leaders eager to see £100m study on bringing HS2 trains to Leeds begin

Tracy Brabin has been calling on the Government to build HS2 in full

HS2: Tracy Brabin says Leeds has been left 'in limbo' for six months

Major changes are required at Leeds railway station if the Integrated Rail Plan is to be delivered, it has been suggested.

Leeds station 'needs massive redevelopment for Integrated Rail Plan to work'

Transport Minister Andrew Stephenson during a previous visit to Leeds.

Why Transport Minister is welcome in Leeds – The Yorkshire Post says

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson

Government 'completely committed' to ensuring HS2 trains reach Leeds

Britain's train passengers will be hit with the largest fares rise in nearly a decade next year. The Department for Transport announced that ticket prices will rise by 3.8% from March 1.

Cowardice over 3.8 per cent rail fare hike – The Yorkshire Post says

Andrew Stephenson MP is the Rail Minister.

Stephenson’s Rocket legacy is betrayed – The Yorkshire Post says

Transport Minister Andrew Stephenson has hit back at criticism of the Integrated Rail Plan.

Minister defends downgrading 'big fancy plans' for new northern rail links

Boris Johnson and the Government continue to come under fire for scrapping the eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds and downgrading Northern Powerhouse Rail.

Why HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail downgrades must be reversed – Tom Richmond

Left to right Mayor of West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin, Acting Chair Councillor Louise Gittins Cheshire West and Chester and Martin Tugwell Chief Executive Transport for the North attend a meeting of the Transport for the North Board at the Queens Hotel in Leeds (PA)

Ministers strip Transport for the North of powers to 'prevent levelling up'

Rail Minister Andrew Stephenson said a plan will be published "very soon"

HS2 Eastern leg and Northern Powerhouse Rail decisions 'coming very soon'

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson during a visit to Leeds.

HS2 Minister’s ‘good day to bury bad news’ tactic exposed – The Yorkshire Post s...

Andrew Stephenson's update on HS2 to Parliament contained no information about the Eastern leg route to Leeds.

HS2 minister's silence over Leeds leg in 3,200 word statement to Parliament

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson during a recent visit to Leeds.

Why HS2 should be world’s greenest railway – The Yorkshire Post says

Rother Valley MP Alexander Stafford has called for the Eastern leg of HS2 to be cancelled by the Government.

HS2 'disaster' damaging levelling up agenda and must be scrapped, says Tory MP

There are continuing doubts about HS2 - and whether the eastern leg to Leeds will be built.

Eastern leg of HS2 to Leeds must go ahead of ‘levelling up’ is to succeed – Kate...

Dame Diana Johnson is Labour MP for Hull North.

Why have Tories turned against Yorkshire as HS2 speculation grows? – The Yorkshi...

UK Parliament undated handout photo of Andrew Stephenson (Chris McAndrew / UK Parliament)

HS2 minister fails to rule out that eastern leg will be scrapped

A new high speed rail station in Bradford could bring investment to the city comparable to that around London's St Pancras and Kings Cross stations, says MP Kevin Hollinrake. Pic by PA

'Bradford city centre could see investment like Kings Cross with a new station'
A new high speed rail station in Bradford could bring investment to the city comparable to that around London's St Pancras and Kings Cross stations, according to a Yorkshire Conservative MP.

Andrew Stephenson visiting Leeds rail station earlier today.

Future plans for High Speed rail in West Yorkshire to be released ‘soon’, insist...

Florence - the largest ever tunnel boring machine used on a UK rail project - is unveiled at the HS2 site in West Hyde near Rickmansworth in Hertfordshire. Picture date: Thursday May 13, 2021. PA Photo. Named after nursing pioneer Florence Nightingale, The 558ft (170m) long contraption will dig a 10-mile (16km) tunnel under the Chiltern Hills, starting from a site in Buckinghamshire near the M25 motorway. Pic: PA

'I want high speed rail in Yorkshire years before HS2's current goal of 2040'

The state of Hull Station, and the funding of Transport of the North, has been the subject of an acrimonious Commons debate.

Transport Minister insults North with ‘playing games’ jibe – The Yorkshire Post ...

Imran Ahmad Khan

Wakefield MP Imran Ahmad Khan calls for Denby Dale bypass between Wakefield and ...

A political row has broken out over transport spending in the North.

How to end transport funding row in North – The Yorkshire Post says

Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has slapped down a transport minister who claimed Boris Johnson is "always right" after denying a northern transport body had seen its budget cut. Pic: PA

Commons Speaker slaps down Minister who says Boris Johnson is 'always right'

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson has declined to say if the scheme's eastern leg to Leeds will be built.

HS2 and ominous silence over eastern leg to Leeds – The Yorkshire Post says

Boris Johnson promised in February that HS2 would be delivered in full. Pic: PA

Leeds 'could miss out on HS2 because of Goverment's failure to keep costs down'

Does HS2 offer value for money?

Scrap HS2 and plant trees along route instead – Yorkshire Post Letters

Boris Johnson has committed to building HS2 in full. Pic: PA

Cancelling HS2 would send a terrible signal to the world, says rail Minister

Sisters Hannah Mather and Sarah Lemanski, owners of the Nova Bakehouse, Leeds Dock, working alongside staff member and baker Isaac Cameron. PictureL James Hardisty.

Why specialist Yorkshire traders were creating a jobs boom before pandemic
Specialist retailers such as butchers, fishmongers, bakers and tobacconists created a jobs boom in Yorkshire before the pandemic hit businesses, figures suggest.

Trasnport minister Andrew Stephenson.

Northern businesses may takes years to recover from coronavirus

Judith Blake, leader of Leeds City Council.

Northern leaders say levelling-up would be 'in tatters' amid Yorkshire HS2 fears

HS2 workers. Photo: PA

MPs push for promise to deliver eastern leg of HS2

There has been widespread unhappiness in parts of Yorkshire included on the HS2 route. Picture Tony Johnson.

HS2’s change of tack has been long overdue: The Yorkshire Post says

Prime Minister Boris Johnson at an HS2 site earlier this year. Pic: PA

Claims HS2 Leeds leg will be scrapped 'simply not true', says Transport Minister

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson. Photo: PA

HS2 minister to meet with leaders in the North over rail plans

The group believes cities like Leeds could lose out if they have to play second fiddle to Manchester.

Council leaders call for more clarity on Leeds leg of HS2

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson. Photo: PA

Parliament 'must not be left in the dark' over HS2, MPs demand

Passenger trains between Old Oak Common in west London and Birmingham Curzon Street are due to start running between 2029 and 2033 (Photo: PA)

The HS2 project has been given approval to begin construction - here’s where wor...

What HS2 could look like (photo: PA).

HS2 given green light to enter construction phase

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Curzon Street railway station in Birmingham where the HS2 rail project is under construction. PA Photo.

HS2 could reach Manchester before Leeds as Ministers consider change to legislat...

Could Stephehson's Rocket inspire HS2

Stephenson’s rocket will fire up HS2 at last – The Yorkshire Post says

New HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson

Government's HS2 Minister says project 'needs to regain public trust'

The minister has a tough task ahead when it comes to HS2.

Transport minister has tough task to win over taxpayers with benefits of HS2 - T...

Transport Minister Andrew Stephenson

This is the government Minister who has been given responsibility for the HS2 pr...

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David Cameron during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons

Labour ‘playing politics’ over HS2 rail says Cameron