After many promises not kept under the previous government, we now have a plan to allow Northern Powerhouse Rail to finally move forward โ and itโs a ยฃ45 billion boost for the North.
๐ฆ๐ต๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ท๐ผ๐๐ฟ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐บ๐ฒ๐. ๐ ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐. ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฒ๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป. ๐๐ฎ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐๐ต.
Starting with the ManchesterโLiverpool link, this is about properly connecting our great northern cities and towns so opportunity spreads, living standards rise and growth reaches every community.
A review of the business case for the vital underground through-station at Manchester Piccadilly to future-proof capacity. Without it trains will continue to pull in and back out of the station slowing travel times and leading to bottlenecks.
Then to wider improvement to links from our city region to Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield and York, as well as connections to Newcastle and Hull, setting the North up for a new route from Manchester to Birmingham and through HS2 to London. This is how you build long-term prosperity.
With Labour delivering at every level โ locally, regionally and nationally โ weโre already seeing progress: the Bee Network, integrated ticketing, the ยฃ2 fare cap, new tram stops on the Oldham-Rochdale line, commuter rail being integrated into the Bee Network at Moston & Mills Hill, and plans trams & trains in the centre of our city-region to go underground.
๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ง๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฎ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ถ๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ. ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ๐บ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฎ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ๐๐น๐ฑ ๐๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ฝ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐๐ผ๐ด๐ฒ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ.
๐ข๐ป๐น๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ผ๐๐ฟ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ก๐ผ๐ฟ๐๐ต ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐๐๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐.
Jim McMahon OBE MP 