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Rail North loses client role on Transpennine rail upgrade

RAIL

Andrew Forster
15 September 2017
 

Local government is being left out of decision-making about upgrading the Transpennine railway between Manchester and Leeds/York via Huddersfield,  according to West Yorkshire Combined Authority.   

The line was originally supposed to be electrified by December 2018 but the project was paused by ministers. The Government is now proposing an upgrade by 2022. Transport secretary Chris Grayling suggested this summer that the line could be operated by hybrid trains, eliminating the...

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