Tag Archives: Transpennine Route Upgrade

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

Posted on July 20, 2020 by admin

[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”

Posted on July 19, 2020 by admin

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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All The 1999 Plans Which Never Happened

Posted on February 28, 2020 by admin

It’s eight years since the what is currently called the Transpennine Route Upgrade was approved in principle. In those eight years, no construction work has started, no consultation has taken place with some of the communities and passengers most affected, … Continue reading →

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Upgrades across Pennines needed now (no use waiting decades for high speed)

Posted on February 26, 2020 by admin

[Press release issued by Halifax & District Rail Action Group, on behalf of Stalybridge to Huddersfield Rail Users’ Group (SHRUG) and others. SMART is part (one third, to be precise) of SHRUG)] Campaigners in West Yorkshire are extremely concerned about … Continue reading →

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