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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

New Northern Powerhouse Rail Director

Transport for the North has today (Thursday 22 February) announced the appointment of Tim Wood as its Northern Powerhouse Rail Director. Northern Powerhouse Rail is a flagship programme for the organisation and will ...
Thursday 22nd February 2018

Upgrades to Hope Valley line to improve Manchester – Sheffield rail links

Transport for the North, the organisation soon to become England’s first sub-national transport authority, has today welcomed a decision by the Secretary of State for Transport to allow Network Rail to ...
Thursday 15th February 2018

Feasibility study to investigate the possibility of reopening Skipton-Colne rail link

A new study into the potential reopening of a historic rail line linking Lancashire and Yorkshire has been announced by Secretary of State for Transport, Chris Grayling ...
Tuesday 6th February 2018

New Chief Executive takes post

Transport for the North’s new chief executive, Barry White, took up post on 10 January and has taken the first steps in leading the organisation in its most monumental year to date ...
Monday 22nd January 2018

Becoming England’s first Sub-national Transport Body

On Monday 15th January, The House of Commons approved regulations for Transport for the North to become the first Sub-national Transport Body in England. Following the successful approval from the House of ...
Thursday 18th January 2018

Northern leaders publish plan to transform the region

Civic and business leaders from across the North have come together to publish Transport for the North’s draft Strategic Transport Plan. The thirty year plan is the first of its kind and ...
Tuesday 16th January 2018

Northern leaders unite behind 30-year draft Strategic Transport Plan

Civic and business leaders from across the North of England have agreed a draft Strategic Transport Plan, to be published for public consultation early in the new year, which outlines the transport infrastructure ...
Friday 15th December 2017

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