The much-awaited Northern Powerhouse Rail is set to go ahead, including a new, faster connection between Manchester and Liverpool. For years, people living in the north of England have been plagued by ...

The government will announce on Wednesday its much-delayed plans for major new and upgraded east-west rail links across the north of England, in a project known as Northern Powerhouse Rail. The plans ...

The Government has announced its intention to build a new railway line between Birmingham and Manchester. A previous plan to extend HS2 between the cities was scrapped by Rishi Sunak’s Conservative ...

It’s what Greater Manchester has waited 17 years for – a solid promise of a new railway to Liverpool and better trans-Pennine links, all potentially meeting at a new underground Piccadilly station.

Residents give the BBC their views on the government's new Birmingham-to-Manchester rail line plan.

The £45bn project aims to create faster and more frequent services, with the first upgrades set to be in Yorkshire Regional leaders have welcomed a major rail project in the North of England, with the ...

Work on a new Birmingham to Manchester line could take decades in a repeat of the HS2 fiasco ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The government is set to announce its intention to build a new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester, the BBC understands.

“A transformation in transport connectivity between the cities of the north is vital to realising their potential to become a ‘northern powerhouse’ for the UK’s economy,” the transport secretary said.

The government is set to announce its intention to build a new rail link between Birmingham and Manchester, the BBC understands. Previous plans for the HS2 high-speed rail line had included a line ...