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Government tables £45bn Northern rail plans - but over decades

Peter Stonham
22 January 2026
 

A promised aspirational £45 billion investment in an extended Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) network has been included in a newly launched government Northern Growth Strategy. But a series of overt health warnings on the funding have been signalled , including phasing of the funding release, what it will actually be able to pay for , and timelines as “a long-term programme over the coming decades.”

A hard funding cap of £45 billion is set for the programme, and the only...

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