Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of journeys undertaken by train in (a) Wakefield and (b) West Yorkshire.
We have just announced an investment of £317 million as part of the Transpennine Route Upgrade which will boost punctuality, reliability and connectivity across West Yorkshire.
The region has the latest high-tech trains which stop at Wakefield, the city’s Westgate station has recently undergone a major £8.8 million rebuild, its Kirkgate station has been redeveloped and furthermore we are investing in two new stations for Leeds.