Transport minister Huw Merriman has met with MPs in Lancashire to discuss the potential reinstatement of passenger services to the northern section of the Ribble Valley line.
The section of the Ribble Valley line north of Blackburn was closed to passenger services in 1962 but remained open for freight. In 1994,…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced a further £3.9bn will be injected into the underway Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) rail project, taking the total government funding to £6.9bn.
The upgrade of the 122km-long rail link in the north of England, which connects Manchester in the west and York in the…
Rail minister Huw Merriman is confident the government can “harness the power of the private sector” to deliver a transformative “life science quarter” at London Euston and other rail investments.
Speaking to the Transport Select Committee on 30 November on the subject of the high speed line, Merriman said that areas…
Transport minister Huw Merriman has said “funding is there” for reopening the disused Leamside line in the North East, despite the government removing it from its Network North pledges.
Huw Merriman attended an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for the Leamside line meeting last week to discuss the viability of reinstating the…
The chair of the parliamentary Select Committee scrutinising the now-scrapped Crewe to Manchester leg of HS2 has written to transport minister seeking clarity on the Bill's future.
Despite prime minister Rishi Sunak cancelling Phase 2b of the project earlier this month it is understood that the government has yet to formally…
Ministers have tabled a fresh set of changes to the northern leg of High Speed 2, including motorway works and modifications to Manchester Piccadilly station.
The government published an 'additional provision' to the High Speed Rail (Crewe-Manchester) Bill, proposing alterations to plans first laid down 18 months ago. Under the latest…
Rail minister Huw Merriman has said that Network Rail’s performance “has not been good enough” and is a large cause of the capacity issues on the UK’s rail network.
Appearing in front of the Transport Select Committee yesterday, Merriman was asked why rail operators were not able to provide enough services…
An MP has criticised the route chosen for the Bedford to Cambridge section of East West Rail (EWR) during a parliamentary session while others condemned the lack of clarity over whether the line would be electrified.
In May, the route for the third and final section of EWR was confirmed by…
Rail minister Huw Merriman has announced a £72M upgrade package for Salford Crescent and Manchester Victoria stations and the railways in north Manchester.
The funding will deliver a third platform at Salford Crescent station, track improvement work across north Manchester and extra entry and exit points to platforms at Manchester Victoria…
The Department for Transport (DfT) has spent a total of £52.3M setting up Great British Railways (GBR) to absorb power from Network Rail so far, a Freedom of Information request by NCE has revealed.
GBR will be a new government body that will also undertake an organisational role with the operation…
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