16-01-2026 13:30 via passengertransport.co.uk

NPR rail improvements ‘will actually happen’

More than a decade after the Northern Powerhouse Rail project was first proposed, the government has unveiled a three-phase plan for its delivery
 The plans would see Manchester Piccadilly expanded
 A three-phase plan for the long-promised Northern Powerhouse Rail project was unveiled by the government this week.
The project was initially proposedby former Conservative chancellor George Osborne in 2014, but promised investments were scaled back.
The current chancellor, Rachel Reeves, t
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