A brand-new express railway between Liverpool and Manchester is back on track after Chancellor Rachel Reeves confirmed that the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) project, with a map now hinting at what ...

Sir Keir Starmer is set to announce plans to build a new railway line between Birmingham and Manchester just over two years after the HS2 expansion was scrapped. Rishi Sunak cancelled building the ...

May 13, 2024 May 13, 2024 Updated Jun 19, 2025 Manchester officials have released updated design plans to build 0.68 miles of rail trail, dubbed the Central Manchester Rail Trail, offering easier ...

MANCHESTER, England, Sept 13 (Reuters) - Britain's second and third cities on Friday published plans for a new railway to counter the blow of last year's government decision to gut much of the HS2 ...

A previous plan to extend HS2 between the cities was scrapped by Rishi Sunak's Conservative government in October 2023 to save money. The Treasury said it wants a new Birmingham-Manchester rail line ...

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