Railways: North of England

(asked on 9th December 2024) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when her Department projects that the Transpennine Route Upgrade will be completed.


Answered by
Lilian Greenwood Portrait
Lilian Greenwood
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 17th December 2024

The core Transpennine Route Upgrade programme is currently scheduled for completion in the early 2030s, with incremental benefits delivery before then, including a rolling programme of electrification and station enhancements. Full benefits delivery, including digital signalling, will be made available by the mid-2030s, facilitating further enhancements to east-west rail connectivity across the Pennines.

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