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A plan to transform the North’s economy

With Transport for the North’s Strategic Transport Plan currently being developed, we sat down with Transport for the North’s Director of Strategy, Nigel Foster, to find out more ...
Monday 16th January 2017

Driving improvements across the North

Newly published reports from Transport for the North and the Department for Transport have outlined how road journeys across the North of England could be transformed to boost economic growth ...
Wednesday 30th November 2016

Transport for the North Submits Formal Proposal to DfT

Transport for the North (TfN) has submitted a formal proposal to the Department for Transport to become a statutory Sub-National Transport Body ...
Thursday 20th October 2016

Transforming rail connections across the Northern Powerhouse

Vernon Barker has joined Transport for the North as Interim Northern Powerhouse Rail Director at an exciting time, as options to deliver our ambitious vision to revolutionise the North’s railways are assessed ...
Friday 14th October 2016

On the right track with Rail North

As plans are drawn up for Transport for the North and Rail North to integrate once TfN gets statutory status next year, we caught up with David Hoggarth, Rail North Director, to find ...
Friday 16th September 2016

North could deliver the goods for the UK economy

Transport for the North has today launched its report into how transport of freight and logistics across the North of England can play a vital role in rebalancing the UK’s economy ...
Wednesday 7th September 2016

Manchester to Sheffield Trans-Pennine road tunnel routes shortlisted

Five routes have been shortlisted today, 18 August 2016, for the Trans-Pennine tunnel – the most ambitious road scheme undertaken in the UK in more than five decades ...
Thursday 18th August 2016

Mapping our plans for the future – we talk to Amy Harhoff, TfN’s Head of Policy and Strategy, about her team’s work

Transport for the North’s Policy and Strategy team are responsible for shaping the organisation’s priorities for the future and overseeing the development of the Transport Strategy and Investment Plan – not a ...
Thursday 7th July 2016

Northern Powerhouse Independent Economic Review outlines opportunity to transform the North with 850,000 more jobs by 2050

Digital technologies, health innovation, energy and advanced manufacturing have the potential to transform the North of England’s economy, adding £97 billion and 850,000 jobs by 2050 ...
Thursday 30th June 2016

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