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Later today Philip Hammond will make an announcement re HS2/NPR "touchpoints" i.e. junctions. http://news.sky.com/story/brexit-row-unrest-threatens-to-overshadow-cash-boost-for-northern-powerhouse-11064067 Details of these have to be included in the forthcoming HS2 enabling bill. I...

Initial plans for the redevelopment of Halifax station were announced last month, but I don't think have been posted here. They go a lot further than the reopening of the third platform previously discussed. £160k expenditure has been authorised to develop the business case, although there...

Often when I visit Manchester Victoria, I wonder what the services will be like in the future, when it becomes a through station in 2019(?) with all services from the west running through to the east if only as far as Stalybridge (EMUs) or Rochdale (DMUs). With the new franchise awards, we now...

There have been a whole slew of reports in the press appearing overnight about the Office of Road and Rails report into Network Rail - whatever the headlines the reports cover both the poor progress of the CP5 plan and the poor performance on punctuality/reliability. Network Rail to be...