Details on new high speed rail line
There are new details about how train journeys across the Pennines could be speeded up. A report commissioned by the Government is recommending a new high speed railway line.
Hull City council reacts to high speed rail news
Hull City Council is welcoming the announcement of a potential new high speed rail link between Hull and Liverpool but says it is more important to quickly get the line electrified all the way to Hull.
Chief Executive Darryl Stephenson is pushing to make sure the city council is part of any talks on how transport across the North can be improved:
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