Railway Upgrades: Strengthening the Northern Property Market

The Manchester Recovery Task Force Public Consultation has gathered The Department for Transport, Transport for the North, Network Rail and Northern and TransPennine Express. The consultation will look at enhancing the performance of the rail network around the city.

Ultimately, the congested rail network in the city has a domino effect on other northern locations. Therefore, the delays in services cause a ripple affect across the region. The short-term goal will include reducing delays and increasing the reliability of services. In the long-term, the changes will be sustainable and also boost the economy. Consequently, allowing more services to be introduced with ease in the future. Once the public reviews the proposals and selects the most suited options, the project will be introduced in May 2022.

Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester, and board member of Transport for the North, welcomes the Government’s focus on the topic.

“The bottleneck in central Manchester is a problem for the whole of the North. Solving these congestion issues will improve the reliability of rail services for passengers right across the North. As we look to build back better from the pandemic, we want to work with the Government. So we can deliver a reliable and dependable timetable, alongside the much-needed upgrades to our Victorian infrastructure.”