“Long route to getting rail network in North back on track”

A front page story in the Yorkshire Post, plus an editorial and two pages of articles about the Transpennine Route Upgrade.

Some of it is behind a paywall, but for the YP it’s possible to pay for individual articles without a full subscription.

There is some interesting stuff in these articles, plus a bit of the unwarranted self-congratulation which has characterised government and Network Rail pronouncements about TRU and its various predecessor acronyms over many years.

£11.5bn plan ‘will give North a rail network to rival Elizabeth line’

Long route to getting rail network in North back on track

TransPennine Route Upgrade shows North can deliver major rail projects

TransPennine Route Upgrade will see North’s potential unleashed – Heidi Alexander

TransPennine Route Upgrade is to be applauded but work needed to restore confidence in the region’s railway network

and the letter we were prompted to send to the Yorkshire Post in response

Communities like Slaithwaite have not been consulted properly over the Transpennine Route Upgrade – Yorkshire Post Letters