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Railway delay ‘catastrophe’

10:48am Tuesday 10th January 2012

A TWO-YEAR wait for MPs to vote on a high-speed rail line to the North will be “catastrophic” and risks derailing the scheme, its architect has warned.

Railway contract 'is not in doubt'

6:30am Friday 23rd December 2011

RAIL bosses have dismissed suggestions that the future of the Intercity Express Programme (IEP) is in doubt because a contract has not been signed.

MP urges minister to reveal train decision

8:14am Thursday 18th November 2010

THE Transport Secretary will be urged today to give the North-East a £7.5bn boost when he makes his first official visit to the region since the election.

High-speed rail will reach Northern cities

8:24am Saturday 19th September 2009

A HIGH-speed link to the North-East has been included in a vision for the transformation of the region’s rail network following an outcry from community and business leaders.

‘High-speed rail is essential for region’s growth’

8:44am Friday 18th September 2009

A HIGH-SPEED rail network, to include lines on the east and west of the country, is essential to drive economic growth in the region, a group says.

Major move to keep North out of the slow lane

10:32am Wednesday 9th September 2009

ELEVEN cities will today join forces to demand a network of high-speed rail lines that will not leave the North-East and Yorkshire in the slow lane – at a cost of billions of pounds of investment.