Railways: North of England
(asked on 25th March 2021) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent progress has been made on updates to the Transpennine rail route.
This question was answered on 19th April 2021
£589m funding announced in July 2020 has enabled further design and development work on the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme. The first stages of Overhead Line Electrification (OLE) installation have begun between York and Church Fenton, and in the Spring Network Rail will be carrying out engineering work between Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge to support future masts and electric wires.