Topic: Northern Powerhouse Rail

Bid to extend England’s Tyne and Wear Metro to Washington

The metro rail network that serves the neighbouring cities of Newcastle, Gateshead and Sunderland, in the north east of England, is currently undergoing a much needed modernisation. Future plans are also being made for a...Read more

16-11-2022|2 comments|author: Simon Walton

A high-speed Northern UK can drive a high-speed recovery

Speed, capacity and connectivity issues are all holding back the economic fortunes of the North of England. The North is still in the slow lane for rail-based interconnectivity, said Tim Wood, the Northern Powerhouse rail...Read more

22-09-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

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HS2 to Yorkshire could be axed

The UK high speed rail network may never reach the north of England. A widely-reported leak from a source close to the UK government says that the HS2 project may never get beyond Manchester, and...Read more

25-08-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton

UK high-speed rail HS2 may never reach Leeds

There are fears that Britain’s high-speed railway project HS2 may never be extended beyond the London – Birmingham link, currently under construction. The extension of the project to reach Leeds may be shelved according to...Read more

03-08-2021|Comment|author: Simon Walton