Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 42701

Railways: North of England

Tabled: 31 March 2025
Answered: 8 April 2025

Question

Mrs Elsie Blundell

LabourHeywood and Middleton North

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to mitigate rail congestion across East-West rail lines in the north of England.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline portfolio contains some of the most transformative and important programmes in the country such as the TransPennine Route Upgrade, which will increase capacity and improve reliability of East to West rail lines in th...

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