We’re pushing ahead with Northern Powerhouse Rail between Liverpool & Manchester

𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗻𝗲𝘆 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲𝘀 between two great city regions

Increasing capacity to 𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀 & 𝗿𝗼𝗮𝗱𝘀

𝗕𝗼𝗼𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗰𝗼𝗻𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗰 𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 across our city-region, already the fastest growing in the country

The North 𝗻𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱 by Westminster

In her speech to the Labour Party Conference, the Chancellor confirmed that the government will push ahead with our plans to revive Northern Powerhouse Rail by starting with the East-West link between Manchester and Liverpool. With Labour in power at every level – a Labour-led Council in Oldham, a Labour Mayor of Greater Manchester, and a Labour government – we are focused on driving up living-standards in our borough and across the North of England.

Work of our Greater Manchester Mayor has meant so much progress has already been made over recent years in our local public transport network: delivering Bee Network buses to all of Greater Manchester, integrating ticketing between buses & trams, 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 £𝟮 𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗰𝗮𝗽 in place, delivering 𝗕𝗲𝗲 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗺𝘂𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹 in phases in 2028 and 2030, completing an orbital tram route from the 𝗢𝗹𝗱𝗵𝗮𝗺-𝗥𝗼𝗰𝗵𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝘆 𝘃𝗶𝗮 𝗛𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗼𝗱, announcing 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗽𝘀 set to be added to our line in North Manchester & Cop Road starting in 2030, and approval being given for work to begin on the development of a plan for an u𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆-𝗿𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻.

Government transport infrastructure investment and devolved local leadership are having a real impact.

A single London-style transport system for Greater Manchester which is clean, green, affordable, reliable, accessible & publicly owned is what we are creating. Now is not the time to be complacent, but instead to double down & go further.

Over many years as local MP in Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton, I have called for an extension to our tram route so it can serve more communities and connects differing areas without having to go via Manchester City-centre.

Encouraged by this progress, as your local MP, I will push for more by continuing to advocate for the reopening of Middleton Junction station (as is happening in Golbourne and Cheadle), and for 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗺 𝗻𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗯𝘆 𝗯𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝘅𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵 𝗠𝗶𝗱𝗱𝗹𝗲𝘁𝗼𝗻 & 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗱𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗼𝗻. This proper orbital route which connects neighbouring towns properly and brings them into the wider network is the only way of getting the most out of Northern Powerhouse Rail for local people.

Greater Manchester is already the fastest growing city-region in the UK, and we are ensuring this growth is not held back by putting the infrastructure investment in place to attract more good quality and well paid jobs to our borough – one of the priorities we put forward for Oldham West, Chadderton & Royton at last years general election.

While the Tories promised but failed to deliver the project they announced over a decade ago and Reform are levelling down on every front by promising to scrap it all-together.

Only with Labour will local people get the investment in their future that they deserve.