Whatever the complexities of the situation, talk continues of the need to re-balance the economy and stimulate regional growth to drive economic prosperity across the whole of the UK, while it looks like the answer is assumed to always lie in London and the South East.
So it has been encouraging…
A rail line between Bolton and Manchester has reopened following structural damage caused to a bridge by a burst water main.
Last month the Moses Gate railway bridge was damaged when a burst pipe caused a section of it to collapse onto the railway below. The collapse also created a hole in…
Chancellor Philip Hammond has met three metro mayors to discuss boosting productivity across the north of England.
Hammond met Manchester mayor Andy Burnham, Liverpool City Region mayor Steve Rotheram and Tees Valley mayor Ben Houchen yesterday. Ministers will “shortly be announcing further funding” to approve northern roads in a bid to…
Edinburgh Council is seeking the go-ahead to seek bids for a new 4.6km tram extension, costing £165M.
It has published an outline business case for the scheme and an accompanying report will ask councillors for permission to start the process of identifying potential contractors later this month. A final decision on…
The government has pledged £59.8M towards the expansion of the metro in Birmingham, meaning there is now enough funding for a £149M line extension to go ahead.
The extension will link Birmingham city centre with Edgbaston and the city’s Westside area. The Department for Transport (DfT) confirmed the funding when transport…
Timelapse footage of the construction of Hitachi Rail Europe’s new £80M Doncaster depot has been released.
The depot was designed and built by VolkerFitzpatrick and started in 2014. It took two years and eight months to construct and more than 2,000 worked on the project. VolkerRail supplied and installed all the…
High Speed 2 (HS2) client HS2 Ltd has invited contractors to bid for £3bn worth of work on the two biggest stations in phase 1.
The winning bidders will manage the works programmes for Euston Station and Old Oak Common, the two stations in London. They will also procure, integrate and…
Major engineering works that closed much of London’s Waterloo station were drawing to a close this morning before the busy hub station returns to normal service.
Network Rail said work to lengthen and straighten platforms was complete, after 1,000 engineers and trackside staff worked round the clock over the past three and…
Transport leaders from across the North yesterday called for a “one voice” political and business lobbying body to be set up.
Speaking at a transport leaders summit in Leeds, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said the new body was needed to bring the “northern perspective to crucial long term issues currently being…
Transport secretary Chris Grayling has said transport links in the North must be designed and managed by the North itself.
Writing in the Yorkshire Post, he said that one of his biggest priorities was to build the links needed for the region to thrive, but urged leaders in the North to recognise…
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