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Plan to Improve Northern Rail Services

Transport for the North and the Department for Transport, acting through The Rail North Partnership, have agreed a plan with Northern in response to the current performance issues ...
Wednesday 23rd May 2018

Statement: performance of Northern

A spokesperson for Transport for the North said: “Transport for the North is extremely disappointed and concerned with the inadequate performance of Northern. We have formally raised these concerns with Northern making it ...
Monday 21st May 2018

Rail users urged to check new timetables before travelling | May 2018

New rail timetables will come into force for rail users across the UK on Sunday 20 May 2018 and, in the North of England, the changes will be some of the biggest seen ...
Friday 18th May 2018

Good news for the East Riding as vital road scheme given the go ahead

Funding for vital road improvements in the East Riding of Yorkshire which are within Transport for the North’s Central Pennines Strategic Development Corridor has been confirmed today ...
Thursday 17th May 2018

John Cridland responds to letter from Mayor Andy Burnham

Transport for the North’s Chairman John Cridland has written back to Greater Manchester Mayor Andy Burnham ...
Thursday 17th May 2018

Transport for the North welcomes Transpennine launch for Digital Railway Strategy 

The North’s most famous railway city was selected as the launch venue for a major new announcement on the future of the railways yesterday (10th May) when the Secretary of State for ...
Friday 11th May 2018

Last chance to submit your views on local transport priorities

Transport for the North is encouraging the public to share their thoughts on its draft Strategic Transport Plan as part of a public consultation which ends on Tuesday 17 April ...
Thursday 12th April 2018

Northern airports join forces to endorse northern transport plan

The northern airports have come together to endorse Transport for the North’s draft Strategic Transport Plan. The thirty year plan is the first of its kind and outlines how transport connections across ...
Wednesday 11th April 2018

A united North joins Transport Minister Jo Johnson to hail a new era of transformation

Northern leaders and businesses will join the Minister of State for Transport, Jo Johnson MP, today to herald a new era of transport investment in the North. It marks the moment that Transport ...
Thursday 5th April 2018

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