Politicians and business leaders from across the north-west are meeting with transport leaders tomorrow, Friday 27 January, to ‘ensure’ that the Northern Hub scheme is funded.
The Northern Hub will mean that up to 700 more trains per day could run, with new fast services running between major cities in the north.
Transport for Greater Manchester has organised the Northern Hub Leadership Summit to ‘agree a plan for making the strongest possible case for central government financial backing’ for the programme.
Councillor Andrew Fender, Chair of the Transport for Greater Manchester Committee, said:
“The congested rail network in the north of England, most notably around Greater Manchester, is a significant stumbling block to economic growth.
“It’s vital that the Northern Hub, a programme of rail improvements to boost capacity on our railways, allowing commercial enterprise, labour markets and business growth to flourish, is funded as a single programme, rather than delivering improvements on a piecemeal basis.”
