Upgraded line through Huddersfield will be the way forward for Northern Powerhouse Rail plan November 18, 2021
Transport Minister also commits to West Yorkshire Mass Transit
There are already plans for new fast tracks alongside tracks for stopping services and for electrification between Dewsbury and Huddersfield. It has now been announced that from
The news came as a section of the Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme — a new high-speed route from Leeds to Bradford then somehow tunnelling its way on the 30 miles through the Pennines to Manchester — were dropped by the Government. The Government instead announced £96bn of upgrades aimed at a more integrated rail network for the North.
The eastern leg of HS2 which would have linked Leeds to Birmingham and London has also been dropped, but the East Coast mail line will be upgraded and Transport Minister Grant Shapps also committed to a West Yorkshire Mass Transit System as part of his Integrated Rail Plan announcement.