The city of Derby – which has a railway engineering heritage dating back to the 19th century – has been shortlisted as the potential home of home of Great British Railways (GBR).
In all six places have been included on the shortlist – Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle and York.
They were among 42 areas which expressed an interest in becoming home of the new public body set up by the Government to run Britain’s disjointed railways.
