Category Archives: TfN

Transport for the North

“Now move Department for Transport to North, Grant Shapps” – The Yorkshire Post says

[Comment in the Yorkshire Post, 20th July 2020] Reports that Grant Shapps wants a Northern Transport Acceleration Council to oversee rail improvements – and, specifically, the key trans-Pennine link between Leeds and Manchester – reflect the Transport Secretary’s ‘can do’ … Continue reading

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“Grant Shapps to create new body to accelerate northern transport upgrades”

Apparently Transport for the North is a “talking shop”, even though it’s the Department for Transport which refuses to let TfN be part of the decision making process for essential schemes such as the Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU). TRU was … Continue reading

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“Our rail system is broken, let’s give the North more control”

[from the Yorkshire Post, 8th February 2020] “Our rail system is broken, let’s give the North more control” There is no silver bullet for the North’s railway woes, where a congested network, short-formed trains and old, unreliable rolling stock have … Continue reading

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“Why the dream of a functioning northern transport network is now at a critical point”

An interesting take on discussions involving Transport for the North and regional politicians. All these discussions and the decisions that follow from them are taking place behind closed doors, with us as passengers and citizens being expected just to gratefully … Continue reading

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