Railways: North of England
(asked on 6th September 2017) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to reduce train journey times between Bradford and (a) Manchester and (b) Leeds.
This question was answered on 11th September 2017
Northern Rail will be introducing, by December 2019, faster inter-urban services serving Leeds and Manchester from Bradford, operating with 100mph trains.
As part of their franchise commitments, Northern will undertake a feasibility study to identify options for delivering journey time improvements.