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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Cash Boyle

North of England rail services to receive £11.5bn investment

TransPennine Express train
A TransPennine Express train at Leeds train station. Services between the city and Manchester could drop from an hour to 30 minutes under the plan. Photograph: Danny Lawson/PA

Train services in the north of England are to be given triple the intended investment after the government announced the first part of its £96bn integrated rail plan.

The multibillion pound plan – announced last November – pledged to deliver faster train journeys more quickly than the original plans for the HS2 eastern leg and Northern Powerhouse Rail.

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