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Northern politicians have expressed disappointment about funding for rail station investments in the North, branding the pace of change “far too slow.”

Earlier this year Northern politicians wrote to the Transport Secretary calling for the North’s share of Access for All funding – which pays for investment to make stations more accessible – to be ...
Tuesday 2nd September 2025
Rail, Roads, Strategic Transport Plan

Transport for the North Urges Chancellor to Back Long-Term Investment in Northern Infrastructure

Transport for the North has written to Chancellor Rachel Reeves, to make the case for protecting and boosting transport funding in the upcoming Spending Review. In an open letter, the North’s statutory ...
Wednesday 14th May 2025
Bus, Rail, Roads, Strategic Transport Plan

Funding for transport in the North welcomed

Transport for the North welcomes today’s funding announcement for investment in a number of vital transport projects in the North. Investing in better transport links for people and places – whether to ...
Friday 28th March 2025
Rail

Northern Trains Performance – Letter to the Chancellor

Transport for the North’s Rail North Committee met yesterday (30 Oct) about the ongoing unacceptable performance of Northern trains, which is causing significant disruption to people across the North. They expressed their ...
Thursday 31st October 2024
Rail

Tell us how accessible your rail station is – complete our survey to help make them better

A new survey aims to find out people’s views about accessibility at rail stations in the North. Transport for the North (TfN) wants to improve the level of accessibility in stations right ...
Tuesday 14th May 2024
Rail

Rail Industry Forum 2024: Martin Tugwell sets out a vision for northern rail reform ‘at pace’

The Rail Industry Forum 2024, took place on 1st May in London, with a panel on Plans and progress with the delivery of major rail infrastructure – current project and pipeline of future development ...
Friday 3rd May 2024
Rail

Northern leaders vote to have Avanti West Coast’s contract terminated and taken back into public control

Today’s (Wednesday 20 March) Transport for the North Board, held in Leeds, officially passed a motion to write to the Secretary of State asking for the firm to be taken off the ...
Wednesday 20th March 2024
Rail

Stopping HS2 at Birmingham a ‘missed opportunity for the North’ – Transport for the North Chair

The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) published a report today (7 February 2024) calling for answers from government to questions raised by decision to cancel HS2 Phase 2 ...
Wednesday 7th February 2024
Event, Rail

Rail Minister confirmed to speak at transport conference in Liverpool

The Rail Minister Huw Merriman MP is confirmed as the keynote speaker at this year’s sold out Transport for the North (TfN) annual conference, which is taking place in Liverpool on ...
Saturday 3rd February 2024
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