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Scotland has been sitting at the margins of high-speed rail – until today. With an agreed 3 hour target journey time, Scotland becomes a key beneficiary. With the scope to displace the major domestic air market between Scotland’s central belt … Read more › “High Speed Rail for Northern England and Scotland”
We have been promised – by successive Secretaries of State for Transport – a truly national high-speed rail network. When it comes to the long geography of northern England and southern Scotland, the north-south orientation of the country is laid … Read more › “Anglo-Scottish high-speed rail: the time is nigh”
The annual update of the ‘Northern transport strategy’ has been completed in partnership with Transport for the North, setting out progress and next steps in improving transport across the whole of the north in the areas of railways, roads… Read more › “Transport for the North’s spring report completed”
Transforming the North’s economy requires transformed transport infrastructure. ‘HS2 will profoundly transform north-south connectivity’ concludes the report of the House of Commons Select Committee that has been considering petitions from those directly affected by the Bill covering the HS2 route … Read more › “The North’s time is now”
