Integrated Rail Plan

Manchester bound commuters at Slaithwaite Railway Station. Slaithwaite has become "the commuter town you can't commute from" as a result of mass train cancellations in recent months. Picture Bruce Rollinson

Rail services in North in "appalling state", warns top infrastructure boss

Transport Secretary Mark Harper is being urged to take action

Plea to improve 'astonishingly weak' rail links between Sheffield and Leeds

Yorkshire Mayors criticise government’s ‘failure’ to deliver high-speed rail in the North

Yorkshire Mayors criticise government’s ‘failure’ to deliver high-speed rail

Sheffield's ever changing skyline. PIC: Scott Merrylees

Connecting cities will help us build out of recession - James Lewis & Terry Fox

Bradford lost its Northern Powerhouse Rail station when plans were amended

Rail expert 'casts doubt' on Leeds to Bradford journey time being reduced

The Government has been urged to reconsider plans for HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail

Government urged to rethink changes to HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail

Sir John Armitt is the chair of the National Infrastructure Commission

Controversial Integrated Rail Plan 'can bring rapid benefits for North'

Bernadette Kelly, Permanent Secretary for the Department for Transport, told Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee that HS2 trains will reach Leeds

Government 'absolutely committed' to ensuring HS2 trains reach Leeds

Railway lines between York and Leeds. Picture: James Hardisty.

Pennines rail failure just as serious as HS2 inadequacies - YP Letters

File photo dated 11/02/20 of Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Curzon Street railway station in Birmingham where the HS2 rail project is under construction.

Government does not know 'right answer' to get HS2 to Leeds, Johnson suggests

Grant Shapps during a previous visit to Leeds railway station.

Leeds station needs "massive redevelopment" to deliver IRP, Shapps confirms

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has been told there is a "mixed picture" on progress towards decarbonising the nation's railways.

Government lacking funded plan for electrifying railways to hit net zero target

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'

An image supplied by West Yorkshire Combined Authority shows what the new mass transit system could look like.

West Yorkshire mass transit: £200m for 'development and initial delivery'

Plans to spend around £200m on bringing a mass transit system to West Yorkshire are set for approval.

Nathan Hyde

HS2 Minister Andrew Stephenson

Government 'completely committed' to ensuring HS2 trains reach Leeds

Patrick McLoughlin has been appointed as the chairman of Transport for the North for the next four years. Picture: Tony Johnson

McLoughlin aiming to win over doubters as 'honest broker' in fractious rail row

New chairman of Transport for the North Patrick McLoughlin was in Leeds earlier this week. Picture: Tony Johnson

Patrick McLoughlin wants Government to improve contentious Integrated Rail Plan

Handout photo issued by UK Parliament of Naz Shah speaking during Prime Minister's Questions in the House of Commons (UK Parliament)

Bradford will be 'rightfully angry' MP says after PM appears to confuse city

Michael Gove speaking at the Convention of the North event in Liverpool

Northerners understandably 'cynical' about levelling up, Michael Gove admits

Commuters at Leeds railway station, which has been dropped from the HS2 Eastern leg route.

Integrated Rail Plan critics 'have lost the plot', claims Network Rail boss

Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham gave evidence to the Transport Select Committee.

Rail plan: Andy Burnham hits back at 'Don't bite the hand that feeds you' advice

New Transport for the North chair Patrick McLoughlin will speak to MPs tomorrow.

McLoughlin and Burnham to share Integrated Rail Plan criticisms with MPs

Tory grandee Lord McLoughlin is the new chair of Transport for the North.

Now will Grant Shapps acknowledge North rail betrayal? – The Yorkshire Post says

An artist's impression of what the mass transit scheme in West Yorkshire could look like

Another £200m requested for long-awaited mass transit scheme in West Yorkshire

Bradford Council says the Northern Powerhouse Rail project must be reconsidered.

Bradford leaders demand Northern Powerhouse Rail U-turn from Government

Axed plans to build a new Northern Powerhouse Rail high-speed line via Bradford must be reconsidered after it was revealed key evidence was not assessed, council bosses in the city have demanded.

Chris Burn

Lord McLoughlin is the new chair of Transport for the North

Integrated Rail Plan 'not in North's best interest', says new TfN chair

Metro mayors and political leaders have reacted with anger after their criticism of the Integrated Rail Plan was described as 'irrational' by Transport Secretary Grant Shapps.

Why I oppose North’s ‘cheap and nasty’ rail plan – Yorkshire Post Letters

Patrick McLoughlin is set to become the new chairman of Transport for the North next week

'Jobs for the boys' claim over top Tory becoming Transport for the North chair

The war of words over the Integrated Rail Plan continues to intensify.

Grant Shapps rebuke of mayors is misguided – The Yorkshire Post says

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps during a pre-lockdown visit to Leeds in January 2020.

Why Integrated Rail Plan criticism by mayors is ‘irrational’ - Grant Shapps

The Government's Integrated Rail Plan has led to an escalating war of words between Transport Secretary Grant Shapps and metro mayors.

Exclusive: Criticism of £96bn rail plan by mayors is ‘irrational’, says Shapps

Baroness Pinnock said Yorkshire rail passengers are getting an increasingly poor deal.

Yorkshire train passengers 'not getting value for money', peer warns

Leeds Station. Picture: Bruce Rollinson.

We need to stick with one plan for the North’s railways - Justin Moss

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps is under fire over the Integrated Rail Plan.

Don’t be misled by Grand Shapps over rail plan – Yorkshire Post Letters

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps has launched a robust defence of the Government's Integrated Rail Plan.

This Integrated Rail Plan will get North back on track – Grant Shapps

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps writes for The Yorkshire Post today.

Two flaws in Grant Shapps rail plan defence – The Yorkshire Post says

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps (centre) during a visit to the Leicester hub of Network Rail contractors SPL to see wiring gantries being built for the Midland Mainline electrification as he turns on his political - and media- critics.

Integrated Rail Plan will level up North as Grant Shapps blasts critics

Will the Government's Integrated Rail Plan lead to a new east-west divide as set out by Labour peer Andrew Adonis?

How ‘deplorable’ east-west rail divide betrays Yorkshire – Andrew Adonis

Baroness Vere, speaking during the House of Lords debate on the Integrated Rail Plan.

Government doesn't know how derided rail plan 'will work on the ground'

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

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 lost his place, rambled on about Peppa Pig World and started making childlike car noises.

'Return to the office? Sort out our transport links first' - Ismail Mulla

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to the Network Rail hub at Gascoigne Wood, near Selby, North Yorkshire, to coincide with the announcement of the Integrated Rail Plan.

Local taxpayers will have to foot part of £2bn bill for Mass Transit System

Left to right Mayor West Yorkshire Tracy Brabin, Mayor of North of Tyne Jamie Driscoll, Acting Chair Councillor Louise Gittins Cheshire West and Chester, Mayor of Greater Manchester Andy Burnham, Mayor of Liverpool City Region Steve Rotheram and Mayor of South Yorkshire Dan Jarvis, outside Leeds Railway Station, following a meeting of the Transport for the North Board at the Queens Hotel in Leeds.

Northern leaders seek meeting with Grant Shapps over 'unacceptable' rail plan

North Yorkshire councillor Don Mackenzie sits on the Transport for the North board

'Much to celebrate' for North Yorkshire in IRP, insists top Tory councillor

How can the Integrated Rail Plan deliver increased rail capacity in Yorkshire and cities like Leeds?

How North can enjoy a new rail revolution – Paul Clarke

Was Boris Johnson right to scrap the eastern leg of HS2 in the Integrated Rail Plan?

Why this HS2 U-turn is good news for levelling up – John Longworth

The plight of Hull was highlighted at the Transport for the North board meeting in Leeds.

Hull 'effectively removed from UK rail map by IRP', council leader claims

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'

Prime Minister Boris Johnson during a visit to Tharsus headquarters in Blyth, Northumberland, during the CBI annual conference.

Business figurehead accuses Government of saying 'little' on reviving regions

Boris Johnson during the CBI annual conference when he claimed that 'Crossrail for the North' will still be built.

Crossrail for the North is a Boris Johnson delusion – The Yorkshire Post says

West Yorkshire mayor Tracy Brabin and South Yorkshire mayor Dan Jarvis have condemned the Government's decision to scale back HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail

Northern leaders say 'fight will go on' after Government downgrades rail plans

Church Fenton residents protested against HS2

Relief in Church Fenton where HS2 viaduct would have 'destroyed' ancient village

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