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Blueprint for the North’s transport infrastructure published by Transport for the North

Transport for the North (TfN) has today (25 March) published an ambitious plan for sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the North, enabled by transformational connectivity. The new Strategic Transport Plan (STP) was ...
Monday 25th March 2024
Strategic Transport Plan

Plan to transform the North’s transport set to be approved

Political and business leaders in the North are set to approve a plan that will lay the foundations for sustainable and inclusive economic growth in the region for decades to come.  This week ...
Wednesday 20th March 2024
Response, Roads, Strategic Transport Plan

North to share in £38 million boost for safer roads

Transport for the North has welcomed today’s announcement of £38 million of funding from the Safer Roads Fund to 17 authorities in England, including £17 million for schemes in the North of ...
Tuesday 19th March 2024
Roads

Transport for the North welcomes A66 dualling announcement

Responding to news that plans to upgrade the A66 between Penrith and Scotch Corner Martin Tugwell, Transport for the North’s Chief Executive said: “This is very welcome news that the people and ...
Friday 8th March 2024
Rail

Great British Railways HQ must be #NorthBased

Great British Railways HQ can be anywhere as long as it’s based in the North ...
Wednesday 3rd August 2022
Roads

Delivering improved East-West connectivity

With the consultation on improvements to the A66 between M6 Junction 40 and the A1 (M) at Scotch Corner underway , Peter Molyneux explains why the work on the northern Trans-Pennine project is ...
Monday 3rd June 2019
Rail

Engineering the future

On Friday 12 April 2019, Transport for the North Chief Executive, Barry White, visited the Hitachi Rail train assembly facility at Newton Aycliffe, County Durham. Opened in September 2015, the factory, which covers ...
Tuesday 16th April 2019
Strategic Transport Plan

Barry White joins civic and business leaders from the North East

Today, our Chief Executive Barry White met with civic and business leaders from the North East to discuss Transport for the North’s Strategic Transport Plan. Following our pan-Northern launch in early ...
Thursday 7th March 2019
Air, Freight, International Connectivity, Rail, Roads

North of England must go global to boost growth

Better connected airports and ports in the North of England could release massive potential benefits for trade and business growth, a report from an independent commission of business leaders has found ...
Wednesday 1st February 2017
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