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Leaked Network Rail presentation warns that train delays set to worsen

The report showed that costs will increase as they are repairing old infrastructure rather than replacing it

Wales Online

Should TransPennine Express be stripped of its contract?

Northern leaders say time has run out for the under-fire rail operator to improve

Liverpool Echo

Question Time audience laugh at Tory as he's mocked by Fiona Bruce for stuttering on HS2

Tory MP Bim Afolami struggled to get his words out as the Question Time panel debated whether HS2 is worth the money. Ministers have announced part of the high speed railway will be delayed by at least two years

Daily Mirror

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The Mancunian Way: Only true pie lovers need apply

Manchester International Festival line up revealed PLUS Judging the British Pie Awards

Manchester Evening News

HS2 delay 'will increase costs, trigger job cuts and could see firms go bust' leak shows

A leaked document produced by Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh in the Commons laid bare the potential impact of the controversial two-year delay to a key section of the high speed railway

Daily Mirror

Leaked document ‘blows apart’ claims HS2 delay will save money – Labour

Louise Haigh told MPs she had seen a Government document which undermines Transport Secretary Mark Harper’s claims the move will reduce costs.

The Independent UK

HS2 train line might not arrive at Euston until 2041, Labour tells Commons

The HS2 high-speed rail line may not arrive at Euston for almost 20 years, it was claimed in the Commons on Tuesday.

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Internal government briefing admits HS2 delays will increase costs

DfT document appears to undermine ministers’ claims, saying jobs are likely to go and construction firms could be at risk

The Guardian - UK

Should TransPennine Express be stripped of its contract?

Northern leaders say time has run out for the under-fire rail operator to improve

Manchester Evening News

Leamside Line: MP accuses Labour of 'shameless attempt to buy votes' with promise to reopen mothballed route

Sedgefield MP Paul Howell warned against the Leamside Line being used as a "political football"

Chronicle Live

Labour vows biggest bus overhaul in 40 years with new powers over operators

Exclusive: party plans to give areas devolved powers to reinstate cancelled routes and set affordable fares

The Guardian - UK

North East promised transport 'revolution' as anger mounts over train and bus chaos

Labour's North of Tyne mayor and the shadow transport secretary pledged major upgrades, including the reopening of the Leamside Line, at a transport summit in Newcastle

Chronicle Live

Cutting rail and bus fares would 'be vote winner at next election' says Burnham

The Greater Manchester Metro Mayor spoke exclusively to the Mirror on the margins of the Transport for the North conference in Newcastle

Daily Mirror

Tories told to 'get on' with HS2 as Labour vows to build high speed rail line in full

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh told the Tories to 'Get on with it, stop wasting taxpayers’ money as she renewed the party's promise to construct the track's eastern leg

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Britain's broken train and bus systems 'costing the North dear', Tories told

Shadow Transport Secretary Louise Haigh will promise to 'spark a northern renaissance' by reversing the Tories' betrayal on Northern Powerhouse Rail and HS2 and vow to 'turn the page on a decade of decline'

Manchester Evening News

The Mancunian Way: A collective voice

How Greater Manchester threw its arms around the people of Ukraine PLUS Further call for TPE to be stripped of contract

Manchester Evening News

Under-fire TransPennine Express should be stripped of its contract now, says top Labour MP

But Tory Minister says putting the operator into public ownership wouldn't solve all its problems

Liverpool Echo

More trains cancelled as Transport Secretary pulls out of Liverpool transport summit

Shadow transport secretary bemoans state of trains in the north as hundreds head to city for key conference

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Bus fares capped at £2 until June as passengers win battle against ministers

Cheaper bus tickets will be available in England for an extra three months after government ministers dropped their threat to axe the £2 fare cap at the end of March

The Independent UK

Mark Harper pledges to enhance role of private firms in railways

Mr Harper delivered the annual George Bradshaw address in central London.

Manchester Evening News

Call for TransPennine Express to be nationalised after 'one of the worst days yet'

Dozens of trains were cancelled across the Greater Manchester region today

The Independent UK

Calls to nationalise TransPennine Express after ‘one of worst days yet’

Labour’s Louise Haigh wants the Government to strip the operator of its contract and bring it in-house.

Evening Standard

Boris Johnson photoshopped out of Grant Shapps spaceport rocket picture

Source close to Shapps says: ‘Grant wasn’t aware anyone had edited the picture’

The Guardian - UK

Third of TransPennine trains cancelled on first day of timetable to add services

‘Shambles’ entirely predictable, says Labour on first full day of new winter timetable

The Independent UK

‘The Avanti West Coast schedule is currently designed using a tombola’

The Man Who Pays His Way: MPs lined up to give rail firms a kicking

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