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Poor public transport connections in cities in the North of England is resulting in a loss of productivity worth more than £16bn a year, according to a new report.

The Department for Transport (DfT) has announced £84M to fund upgrades at stations across the North West.

MC Construction has been appointed by National Trust to carry out the £1.8M transformation of a disused Manchester viaduct into an urban sky park.

Transport for the North (TfN) has revealed the first edition of the Manchester Rail Blueprint, a living document made with the Department for Transport’s (DfT) Manchester Recovery Task Force that links and co-ordinates rail timetable changes with infrastructure upgrades in the city region.

The government’s decision to forge ahead with its plan for a surface, turn back station for High Speed 2 (HS2) at Manchester Piccadilly tops the list of Manchester City Council’s issues with the HS2 Phase 2b bill.

Local ministers have expressed outrage after discovering that work on the new HS2 section of Manchester Piccadilly station will sever tram connection between the city centre and Tameside for two years from 2024.

The festive period is a busy time for Network Rail’s engineers as they take the opportunity of decreased rail usage to carry out a multitude of much-needed upgrades.

The long-delayed upgrade to Manchester’s Oxford Road railway station will be progressed to the design phase early in the new year, Transport for the North (TfN) has confirmed.

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham will be objecting to any new timetable proposals until assurances of infrastructure upgrades are received from the Department of Transport (DfT), he told Transport for the North’s (TfN) Rail North Committee during a consultation call on December 15.

Immediate action is needed to get the western leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) phase 2b off the ground following confirmation in the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) that it will proceed as planned.