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🚨#NorthernPowerhouseRail plans finally revealed.
Phase 1: Yorkshire upgrades
Phase 2: New Liverpool line via Manchester Airport
Phase 3: Better Manchester–Yorkshire links
Earliest delivery: 2045.
❌Castlefield chokepoint stays for 20+ years.
Viable alternatives ignored.
👉From here on we will no longer be campaigning for #CrossNorth given the Government's confirmed programme.
✅We will however continue to hold all governments to account in delivering what has been promised today.
#GetTheNorthMoving
#Manchester #Leeds #Liverpool
👇Below is the proposal set out today by government.
gov.uk/government/publicatio…
Image source: DfT
Great to see GBR branding rolling out, creating a unified and accountable identity for Britain’s railways!
But the designs lack legibility for visually impaired passengers, and don’t distinguish inter-city from regional services. We hope the government addresses this urgently.
We’ve been stuck on a map that no longer exists. The old NPR “via airport” idea leaned on #HS2 track into Manchester.
HS2 north of Birmingham was cancelled and the Crewe–Manchester Bill is being repurposed. But you can’t plan a network around a missing spine..
Build it modular and bank wins:
1⃣ The core tunnel + stations (8-10tph intercity through).
2⃣ A new line West linking Liverpool, Cumbria, Chester & N. Wales.
3⃣ A new line East via Bradford to Leeds with freight relief. No HS2 crutch; just a workable northern backbone.
📢Ask of Govt:
Commission an independent options assessment that drops the HS2-era via-airport assumption and tests alternatives like CrossNorth on their own merits.
Certainty beats slogans. The North *needs* Certainty!
🚄#GetTheNorthMoving
🚆Today the case is being made in Westminster for the new “Liverpool and Manchester Railway” ahead of a decision in June.
👉It’s vital that the homework has been done, the data presented, and the operational/economic benefits clearly stated.
Let’s get this right.
⏱️ A new Liverpool-Manchester Railway would significantly reduce journey times between the two cities.
🛤️ The line would run from Liverpool Lime Street to Manchester Piccadilly with stops at:
📍A new Liverpool Gateway
📍Warrington Bank Quay
📍Manchester Airport
ALT A graphic of map demonstrating a proposed new Liverpool-Manchester railway line
🐝Metro-style #BeeNetwork trains on the surface.
🚄Inter-City trains underground.
That's how we solve the Manchester bottleneck once & for all.
#Manchester #Rail – at Manchester, England
We're very pleased to hear the news today from @AndyBurnhamGM and @BeeNetwork that the following rail routes will be brought under local control by 2028.
✅This represents a huge first step in bridging the North-South public transport divide.
#Rail #Devolution
We thought it time for a detailed graphic showing the "CrossNorth Core"
It shows how vital Salford Interchange is, and how "last mile" journeys can be made using rail & tram.
Local Rail would be far more frequent once inter-city services are moved into the new tunnel.
#Rail – at Manchester, England
🔗Further to our earlier post on our CrossNorth concept, the document is now open for comment.
🔎We firmly believe in ensuring everybody is able to give their thoughts on the strategy, whether you are an activist, a professional, or just someone interested in shaping it:
#Rail #North #Manchester
docs.google.com/document/d/1…
🧵NPR should not be designed purely to piggyback off #HS2.
It should be about delivering dramatic increases in reliability & frequency on the existing network, particularly through Manchester.
✅It should address both capacity & connectivity issues. Not one or the other.
North On Track retweeted
🍃So the @TheGreenParty have officially announced the adoption of the full #HS2 & NPR network, a reversal of their previous stance.
This is welcome news & should send a clear message to @UKLabour to build it. All of it.
#Rail – at Manchester, England
