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Network Rail rejects Shaw’s North of England route plan

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Rhodri Clark
14 October 2016
Railway infrastructure at Leeds. WYCA is disappointed that Network Rail will not create a dedicated northern route
Railway infrastructure at Leeds. WYCA is disappointed that Network Rail will not create a dedicated northern route

 

Network Rail has rejected the Shaw Report’s recommendation for a dedicated north of England route. Instead, it will appoint a “railway upgrade tsar” for the region.

An informed source told LTT that transport secretary Chris Grayling had “personally stopped the Northern route thing happening”. “He took a look at it when he came in and said, ‘I’m not doing this – there’s no passenger benefit in it’,” said the source.

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