Following the launch of the Elizabeth Line, Boris Johnson said that the UK Government should be getting on with building Crossrail 2.
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Prime minister Rishi Sunak has hinted he will reduce the level of financial support the government has previously promised towards Northern Powerhouse Rail and the Sizewell C nuclear power project.
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From 2025, commuters can expect two extra trains every hour between Manchester and York and journey times up to 40% shorter. Train services in the north of England are to be given triple the intended investment after the government announced the first part of its £96bn integrated rail plan. The multibillion pound plan announced last November pledged to deliver faster train journeys more quickly than the original plans for the HS2 eastern leg and Northern Powerhouse Rail.
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Only a quarter of the government officials responsible for cancelling HS2 to Yorkshire and downgrading plans for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) actually live in the north of England and rely on the regions sub-par trains. Of the 24 officials in the Department for Transport (DfT) responsible for writing the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), just six live in the north, the DfT admitted in response to a freedom of information (FoI) request.
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The Government is set to confirm tomorrow that it is ditching the HS3 line across the Pennines linking Manchester and Leeds - part of the Northern Powerhouse Rail project.
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Work on Northern Powerhouse Rail could start in mid-2020s.
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