Inside the £14bn Plan to Fix Yorkshire's 'Broken' Railway System

Lord Blunkett unveils £14bn plan to fix Yorkshire’s railways

Anyone who travels in Yorkshire will tell you that it’s railway system is very old and very unreliable. Now, the former Labour home secretary David Blunkett has unveiled a plan to overhaul its “creaking Victorian-era” railways. His plan is backed by the mayors of West, South and North Yorkshire. The trouble is, it would cost fourteen-billion-pounds, and the Metro mayors for the other side of the Pennines also want seventeen-billion for a faster …

Inside the £14bn plan to fix Yorkshire's 'broken' railway system

Yorkshire’s Labour mayors want the Government to back a £14bn plan to fix their “broken” railway system.Tracy Brabin in West Yorkshire, Oliver Coppard in South Yorkshire and David Skaith in York and North Yorkshire have submitted a joint bid for their “fair share” of funding following a similar request from the North West earlier this week.Andy Burnham, Greater Manchester Mayor, is leading the charge for the North West to receive at least £17bn …

Blunkett outlines ‘once-in-a-lifetime’ plan to fix railways in Yorkshire

He said Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail would deliver a huge boost to jobs, growth and new housing.A £14 billion plan to fix Yorkshire’s “ ...

£14bn rail improvement plan launched in Leeds - West Leeds Dispatch

by Don Mort, local democracy reporter Political leaders have urged the government to back a £14bn programme of rail network improvements. Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail sets out the upgrades needed […]

Blunkett unveils £14bn Yorkshire ‘Plan for Rail’ – Northern Financial Review

A phased plan to fix Yorkshire’s “broken” railways has been published by Lord David Blunkett. Blunkett’s review of rail connectivity has identified how “constrained and creaking” Victorian-era infrastructure is holding Yorkshire back, with train services regularly failing to meet the needs of both passengers and businesses due to poor performance and an overall lack of reliability. Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail sets out a “credible and affordable pa…

Blunkett outlines once in a lifetime plan to fix railways in Yorkshire - Banbury FM

A £14 billion plan to fix Yorkshire’s “broken” rail system “presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” improve connectivity and unlock economic growth in the region, former home secretary Lord Blunkett has said. The Labour peer has published an infrastructure plan with the metro mayors of West, South and North Yorkshire, which calls on the Government to deliver on repeated promises to back transport in the north of England. He said Yorkshire’s P…