Northern Powerhouse Rail

Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander makes a statement in the House of Commons. PIC: House of Commons/UK Parliament/PA Wire

HS2 lessons need to learned to avoid further infrastructure missteps
The debacle that is HS2 is a damning indictment of the country’s current approach to major infrastructure projects. While neighbouring countries have proven the...

Reeves to ‘take forward our ambitions’ for Northern Powerhouse Rail

L-R: Oliver Coppard, Tracy Brabin, Lord Blunkett and David Skaith. Credit: WYMCA

Businesses write to Chancellor to back Lord Blunkett's £14bn rail plan

The Yorkshire Post attends the rail review launch in Leeds. Credit: WYMCA

Analysis The secret to securing investment for mayors' Yorkshire rail plan

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with members of the media during a visit to Camira Manufacturing Facility in Holmfirth. PIC: Oli Scarff/PA Wire

Prime Minister's train is delayed on Yorkshire visit for rail funds

Prime Minister Keir Starmer delivering a speech where he announced NHS England will be abolished. PIC: Oli Scarff/PA Wire

Starmer says transport plan will turn North into 'economic superpower'

Lord David Blunkett has said IPP sentences are the 'biggest regret' of his career.

Lord Blunkett to submit Yorkshire rail review to Government

A Northern Rail train service.

Long route to getting rail network in North back on track

TransPennine Express has revealed it “won’t be able to run trains between Huddersfield and Dewsbury” this Sunday, September 29, as the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) completes major work at Mirfield and Ravensthorpe.

Analysis TransPennine Route Upgrade shows North can deliver major rail projects

A Transpennine Express Nova train.

TRU is to be applauded but work needed to restore confidence in railway network

Lord Jim O'Neil speaking at The Great Northern Conference 2019 at New Dock, Royal Armouries in Leeds. Picture Tony Johnson.

Exclusive Rachel Reeves must not let gilt turmoil 'stop Northern investment'

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Rachel Reeves announces raft of off-shore wind projects in North Sea

Rachel Reeves and Heidi Alexander, left. Credit: PA

Government denies Northern Powerhouse Rail project has been mothballed

Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer gives a speech in Buckinghamshire. Credit: Darren Staples/PA Wire

Sir Keir Starmer pledges 150 major infrastructure projects in speech

A Northern Rail train travels on tracks past snow in Buxton, northern England, on 19 November 2024 (Photo: PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images)

Northern Rail's nine years of decline called 'betrayal of the North'

A generic image of a rail replacement bus.

Rail replacement buses? Whisper it, they’re not all that bad - Ismail Mulla

A Northern Rail train at Dewsbury Train Station in 2023.

Christmas is the season of goodwill so long as you’re not a rail passenger

Chancellor Rachel Reeves' ministerial red box contained a Budget that represents either a major investment or a great gamble on the UK economy (Picture: Lucy North)

Major update on Northern Powerhouse Rail in Budget documents

A train travelling through Leeds. PIC: Simon Hulme

Budget announcements on transport investment in Yorkshire are to be welcomed

Wigan MP and secretary of state for culture, media and sport, Lisa Nandy, has been flying the flag for local newspapers

Labour focused on Nothern rail connectivity instead of 'HS2-light'

Shadow Transport Secretary Helen Whately has appointed a first shadow minister for transport in the North. Credit: Aaron Chown/PA Wire

Conservatives appoint first shadow minister for transport in the North
The Conservatives have appointed a shadow minister for transport in the North “to send a signal of how important it is”.
Ralph Blackburn

Hull was named as one of the worst areas for social mobility in the comission's report. Credit: Getty

North still held back by 'stark' divisions, report says

Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer and shadow transport secretary Louise Haigh during a visit to the Hitachi rail manufacturing plant in Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Picture: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Work should start on Northern Powerhouse Rail immediately, report says

Secretary of State for Transport Louise Haigh leaving Downing Street. Credit: Jordan Pettitt/PA Wire

Future of Northern Powerhouse Rail to be announced in spring 2025

Severfield, the structural steel group, has issued a trading update for the year ended March 30 2024. (Photo by Nicholas .T. Ansell/PA Wire)

Structural steel group Severfield secures a record UK and European order book

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak speaks during a cabinet meeting at Siemens Mobility factory in Goole. PIC: Paul Ellis/PA Wire

Where is the Government's ambition for the North - Henri Murison

Construction work continues on the HS2 line in Water Orton near Birmingham. PIC: Jacob King/PA Wire

A united transport vision for Yorkshire is needed - Russell Jackson

Network Rail and its supply chain partners have joined forces to develop a “new generation” of multidisciplinary project managers, specifically trained to meet the changing needs of the rail sector.

New apprenticeship launched in Yorkshire to address rail industry skills gap

Passengers at Bradford Forster Square railway station. PIC: James Hardisty

Time for the Government to start building NPR - Henri Murison

MP Jack Brereton

Northern Powerhouse Rail: Calls for 'more direct route' that is cheaper

Rishi Sunak's Network North plans are full of old plans which were shelved by the Government, MPs have been told. Photo credit: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Network North full of rail projects that have 'not been developed'

Rail minister Huw Merriman and the leader of Rochdale Council, Susan Hinchcliffe

New station for Bradford can be 'King's Cross of the North', rail minister says
A new train station for Bradford will be the ‘King’s Cross of the North’, the rail minister has said during a visit to the city to announce £400,000 of funding to draw up more detailed plans.
Kit Sandeman

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Northern Powerhouse Rail: 'Huge relief' as key stretch of rail network is saved

Mayor of the West Midlands Andy Street speaks to the media about HS2 during the Conservative Party annual conference. PIC: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Lack of timeline for NPR sums up shambolic approach to transport - The YP says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak decided to scrap the northern leg of HS2 earlier this month due to concerns over rising costs

Northern Powerhouse Rail: PM urged to make 'clear commitment' after HS2 U-turn

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Rishis Sunak admitted that there were examples of "where it feels that Northern Ireland is not part of the Union" and that the protocol had "unbalanced" the Good Friday Agreement that helped end the Troubles. Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA Wire

Killing HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail in favour of so-called towns plan is a ...

'George Osborne’s rationale is that a section of HS2 south of Manchester would also form part of the HS3 line, and that building HS3 without it would add £15bn to its cost.' PIC: PA

Why Northern Powerhouse Rail should be the priority now - David Behrens

Tory titan Lord Heseltine alongside George Osborne has lashed out at Prime Minister Rishi Sunak over an anticipated scrapping of HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail (Photo by Ian Forsyth/Getty Images)

Tory Titan Lord Heseltine lashes out at Rishi Sunak over great train robbery tha...

Rail Minister Huw Merriman says the Government is reviewing plans for NPR so that it can find “a better option for Bradford”. PIC: TOLGA AKMEN/AFP via Getty Images

Why Northern Powerhouse Rail needs to deliver for Bradford - The YP says

The Bradford Children’s Trust, which took over the service from Bradford Council in April, is in the process of putting together a business plan that will detail how much money it will need to turn around the beleaguered service.

Northern Powerhouse Rail: Government looking at ‘better option for Bradford’

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

HS2 wasn’t just about speed but also about capacity - Yorkshire Post Letters

An image of an early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

HS2 farce highlights the Government’s indecisiveness - The YP says

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like.

HS2: Long-awaited study looking at ‘most effective way' to run trains to Leeds

'George Osborne rightly, in my view, claims “new infrastructure opens up new economic activities that couldn’t be imagined at the time”.' PIC: JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images

Government is making a mistake sidelining Northern Powerhouse Rail - YP Letters

Northern will be hit by strike action again.

TransPennine puts passengers through another pathetic spectacle - The Yorkshire ...

Work could soon start on developing the Southern Gateway Station in Bradford city centre

Plans to create new 'Southern Gateway' train station in Bradford announced

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

York University Vice Chancellor Charlie Jeffery has recently been appointed as the chair of the N8 Research Partnership group of Northern universities. PIC: James Hardisty.

The case for full Northern Powerhouse Rail is stronger than ever - The YP says

York University Vice Chancellor Charlie Jeffery, who has recently been appointed as the chair of the N8 Research Partnership group of Northern universities.
Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty.

Reverse 'short-sighted' refusal to build full NPR line, say uni boss

Jason McCartney says there needs to be greater awareness about the challenges of building HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail

Honesty needed over HS2 and NPR 'nightmare' disruption, Tory MP says

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like. PIC: HS2/PA Wire

Chopping and changing HS2 risks Britain falling behind - Henri Murison

The Colne Valley Viaduct will carry the High Speed 2 railway over the Colne Valley Regional Park, in Hillingdon, west London. PIC: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images

We need to press ahead with HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail - The YP says

Minister Huw Merriman officially launching the west London spoil conveyor at HS2's Old Oak Common site

New Bradford station is 'incredibly high priority', minister says

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Sean Royce is CEO of East Yorkshire-based rural broadband provider Quickline Communications. PIC: Sean Spencer/Hull News & Pictures Ltd

Refocus broadband investment on rural areas to level up the country - Sean Royce

A Northern Rail train.

Trains cancelled because unions didn’t go on strike? - David Behrens

Oliver Coppard, Mayor of South Yorkshire, said: “The current state of our train services is just another example of what decades of underfunding and underinvestment have done to the transport network across the north.” PIC: Gerard Binks

Calls for full NPR show strength of feelings on transport - The YP says

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak promised to level up the country. PIC: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire

Government U-Turn on NPR would be disastrous - Tracy Brabin & Susan Hinchliffe

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