HSUK NORTH COUNTRY RAIL STRATEGY

The English North Country lies between the industrial masses of Yorkshire and Lancashire, and the Scottish border. It is through this region that HS2 is projected ultimately to extend northwards to Newcastle, and to Edinburgh and Glasgow to form a system accessing all primary UK cities. Whilst the route to Newcastle comprises a fairly logical continuation of the eastern arm of HS2’s ‘Y’, passing through the generally low-lying and populous country to the east of the Pennines, there is greater concern at the intended west-sided route to Scotland. Here, the mountains of both the English Lake District and the Scottish Southern Uplands place formidable barriers in the path of any new high speed railway, and the relatively small populations that might benefit are considerably outweighed by the numbers who seem certain to protest against the intrusion of the new railway into sensitive rural landscapes. As with the proposed HS2 route through the Chilterns much further south, the only feasible solution would seem to be to bury major lengths of high speed line into tunnel, at greatly increased cost. The following diagrams chart the development of the North Country rail network, and illustrate the likely impacts of both HS2 and the alternative High Speed UK scheme. For precise details of the core High Speed UK proposals (as included in the cost estimates), see the HSUK Regional Maps on www.highspeeduk.co.uk. NCN1 : NORTH COUNTRY REGIONAL NETWORK – PRE-1923 GROUPING The historic railway network of the North Country was dominated by 3 major companies. To the east side of the Pennines, the North-Eastern Railway enjoyed an unchallenged monopoly over the entire Northumbria area, stretching from the River Aire at Leeds to the River Tweed on the Scottish border, and extending westwards over the Pennines to Carlisle and to Penrith. This was a unique situation, unmatched anywhere else in pre-grouping Britain, and its result was an and integrated efficient network in which every town or city was served by a single hub station; indeed, Newcastle is the only UK primary city within the geographical scope of HS2 never to have had 2 or more disconnected city centre stations. To the west of the Pennines, the London North-Western’s main line extended from Preston to Carlisle, skirting around the Lake District massif via the Lune Gorge and Shap Summit; the route continued northwards via the Caledonian over Beattock Summit to Glasgow and Edinburgh; After failed attempts to co-operate with the London North-Western along the shared route via Ingleton, the Midland constructed its own Settle-Carlisle route through the heart of the Pennines. This third main line to the North reached Carlisle along the full length of the Eden Valley, and continued to Glasgow via Dumfries on the Glasgow South-Western, and to Edinburgh via Hawick on the North British ‘Waverley’ line.

NCN2 : NORTH COUNTRY REGIONAL NETWORK - CONTEMPORARY Although there was considerable ‘thinning’ of the North-Eastern Railway’s local lines through the Beeching era, most of the North Country’s core network has survived. The principal casualties have been the Darlington-Penrith ‘Stainmore’ line and the Harrogate-Northallerton section of the ‘Leeds Northern’. The North-Eastern’s main line from York to Newcastle and Edinburgh has become the present-day East Coast Main Line, and the London North-Western’s Preston-Carlisle route is now the West Coast Main Line. Despite sustained attempts to shut down the Midland’s Settle-Carlisle line, this route survived, and it is now a vital freight route, until recently carrying imported coal from Clyde ports to Yorkshire power stations.

NCN3 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO HS2 (DEVELOPED AS ‘Y’) Current proposals for the HS2 ‘Y’ show the new high speed line linking onto the East Coast Main Line at Church Fenton, and onto the West Coast Main Line at Bamfurlong. HS2 services to London will call at primary ECML stations ie York, Darlington and Newcastle) but will run non-stop through equivalent WCML stations north of Preston (ie Lancaster, Oxenholme, Penrith and Carlisle). This major loss of intercity connectivity for these intermediate communities is an inevitable consequence of HS2 Ltd’s focus upon optimising journey times from Glasgow and Edinburgh to London, and of the conflicting requirements of high speed passenger traffic, local services and freight traffic on a 2-track route with insufficient capacity. These issues cannot be resolved by current initiatives to develop ‘cut-offs’ in the Kendal and Penrith areas, which seem certain only to provoke huge environmental controversy. NCN4 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO HS2 (FULL SYSTEM) Longer term projections for HS2 show dedicated high speed lines extending from West Yorkshire to the North- East, and from the (English) North-West to the central belt of Scotland. The evidence of current HS2 proposals indicates clearly that these new lines will have few intermediate calling points, and these are likely to comprise parkway stations serving Teesside and possibly Wearside en route to Newcastle, and serving Preston and Carlisle en route to Scotland. This would leave many centres currently enjoying regular intercity services, such as York, Darlington and Durham, and Lancaster, Oxenholme/Kendal and Penrith, bypassed and suffering the adverse impacts of reduced connectivity. An equally important consideration is the difficult and sensitive terrain of the Lake District fringes, and the absence of any feasible surface alignment around for a high speed line designed even for 300km/h, let alone the 400km/h preferred by HS2 Ltd. Provisional review of possible routeings indicates a tunnel of circa 50km length, extending from Kendal to Penrith, passing through hard volcanic rock (ie igneous or metamorphosed), as opposed to the chalk and London clay/gravels through which HS2’s long tunnels will be excavated in London and the South-East. To illustrate the quality of the connectivity achieved by HS2, a green/amber/red ‘traffic light’ system indicates stations within 20/40/60 minutes’ direct journey from the nearest station from which high speed services to London are planned. The diagram shows 2 possible options for a high speed terminal in Newcastle. HS2 trains might continue to use the existing Newcastle Central, but this would dictate continued operation of ‘classic-compatible’ rolling stock of approx 250m length. However, if larger-sized ‘captive’ rolling stock were to be employed, city centre access across the existing Tyne bridges would seem to be impracticable. Instead a dedicated terminal, probably located at Tyne Yard, adjacent to the A1 Western Bypass, appears to be the most likely outcome. This would require shuttle services linking to Newcastle Central, and other local transport networks developed accordingly – for instance, an extension of the Tyne & Wear Metro – all at considerable extra expense. Such developments are assumed in the connectivity ‘traffic light’ diagram.

NCN5 : HIGH SPEED UK AND OTHER DEVELOPMENTS TO LOCAL RAIL SYSTEM High Speed UK would closely follow the route of the East Coast Main Line from York to north of Darlington, with sections also following the A1(M) and the Leamside Line. A tunnelled route would be adopted through Newcastle, with a new station contiguous with the existing Newcastle Central, located on the new Northumbria Bridge spanning the River Tyne. In connection with the parallel project, to create a dedicated national freight route with potential for Continental Gauge wagons, it is also proposed to upgrade the Stockton-Ferryhill ‘Stillington’ line, and to restore the Ferryhill-Pelaw ‘Leamside’ line. It is also proposed to create a direct route from HSUK to Sunderland, following the former Elvet and Ryhope branches.

NCN6 : CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK TO HIGH SPEED UK Through full integration with the existing network, High Speed UK services would extend to bypassed centres such as York, Middlesbrough, Durham and Sunderland. Along the West Coast corridor, existing service levels would be maintained, with services to London enjoying substantial acceleration along the high speed section from the West Midlands to London. As with HS2, a traffic light system has been employed to illustrate proximity of any local station to the intercity/high speed network. This clearly demonstrates the superior connectivity achieved by High Speed UK’s more integrated and diverse system, when compared with the segregation of HS2.

NCN7 : HIGH SPEED UK AND ASSOCIATED FREIGHT DEVELOPMENTS This diagram illustrates the alignment of the proposed national north-south freight route, potentially for Continental Gauge traffic. This might follow the existing East Coast Main Line north of York, but – noting a probable requirement to expand this route to 6 tracks to accommodate high speed services along with existing passenger and freight services - an alternative, of routeing freight traffic via Wetherby and Boroughbridge along a new route constructed between new A1(M) and former A1 (now A168), should also be examined. The freight route would follow the existing route via Yarm to Teesside, and onwards via Stillington and Leamside lines to Newcastle. Here, diversion of most intercity passenger traffic to the high speed line, and previous diversion of local services to the Tyne & Wear Metro, would permit the routeing of trunk freight traffic via King Edward Bridge and Newcastle Central station. Noting King Edward Bridge and other structures with track in predetermined positions not capable of alteration, appropriate signalling measures would have to be employed, to exclude trains from adjacent tracks whilst Continental Gauge wagons are passing. KEY NORTH COUNTRY RAIL NETWORK : 1 DIAGRAM NCN 1 NORTH-EASTERN RAILWAY PONTELAND NORTH COUNTRY © NETWORK MAPPING 2018 GREAT NORTHERN 2020 MIDLAND REGIONAL NETWORK LONDON NORTH-WESTERN LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE – PRE-1923 GROUPING FURNESS RAILWAY PRINCIPAL/SECONDARY NORTH TERTIARY/ LOCAL STATION BRITISH NEWCASTLE CARLISLE HEXHAM

HALTWHISTLE CALEDONIAN NORTH

GLASGOW BRITISH SUNDERLAND SOUTH- CONSETT ALSTON WESTERN CARLISLE NORTH- EASTERN RAILWAY MARYPORT DURHAM & CARLISLE LONDON NORTH- MIDLAND PENRITH WESTERN RAILWAY CROOK WEARHEAD HARTLEPOOL

APPLEBY SHAP MIDDLETON BISHOP in TEESDALE AUCKLAND

STOCKTON

KIRKBY BARNARD TEBAY STEPHEN CASTLE DARLINGTON MIDDLES-

BROUGH RICHMOND WINDERMERE

HAWES LEYBURN KENDAL NORTHALLERTON SEDBERGH OXENHOLME

MASHAM INGLETON THIRSK

GRANGE PATELEY RIPON BRIDGE BOROUGH CARNFORTH SETTLE MORECAMBE -BRIDGE THRESHFIELD LANCASTER HEYSHAM HARROGATE ILKLEY SKIPTON OTLEY BLACKPOOL BARNOLDSWICK YORK CLITHEROE WETHERBY LONGRIDGE TADCASTER

COLNE LEEDS CHURCH BRADFORD FENTON PRESTON BURNLEY BLACKBURN

HEBDEN HALIFAX BRIDGE TODMORDEN DEWSBURY CASTLEFORD CHORLEY LEY NORTH COUNTRY RAIL NETWORK : 2 KEY DIAGRAM NCN 2 WEST COAST MAIN LINE NORTH COUNTRY © NETWORK MAPPING 2018 TRANSPENNINE MAIN LINE 2020 EAST COAST MAIN LINE REGIONAL NETWORK - TYNE & WEAR METRO CONTEMPORARY CLOSED ROUTE/STATION PRINCIPAL/SECONDARY TERTIARY/LOCAL NEWCASTLE STATION CARLISLE HALTWHISTLE HEXHAM

SUNDER- CONSETT ALLENDALE LAND ALSTON

DURHAM WEARDALE PENRITH RAILWAY CROOK HARTLEPOOL APPLEBY (restored)

STANHOPE WEST MIDDLETON BISHOP COAST in TEESDALE AUCKLAND MAIN STOCKTON LINE KIRKBY BARNARD STEPHEN CASTLE DARLINGTON MIDDLES-

BROUGH SETTLE & RICHMOND WINDERMERE CARLISLE

TRANSPENNINE KENDAL HAWES LEYBURN NORTHALLERTON SEDBERGH OXENHOLME WENSLEYDALE

RAILWAY (restored)

MASHAM INGLETON THIRSK

GRANGE EAST PATELEY RIPON COAST MAIN BRIDGE BOROUGH CARNFORTH SETTLE LINE MORECAMBE -BRIDGE

LANCASTER HEYSHAM HARROGATE ILKLEY YORK BLACKPOOL SKIPTON CLITHEROE WETHERBY TADCASTER

COLNE CHURCH BRADFORD LEEDS FENTON PRESTON BURNLEY BLACKBURN TRANSPENNINE

HEBDEN HALIFAX BRIDGE TODMORDEN CASTLEFORD CHORLEY LEY NORTH COUNTRY RAIL NETWORK : 3 KEY DIAGRAM NCN 3 HS2 ROUTES & STATIONS CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 WITH HS2 LINKS TO LONDON STATIONS AT 20/40/60 RAIL NETWORK TO HS2 MINUTES FROM HS HUB ROUTED VIA WCML & ECML STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR REQG FURTHER CHANGE TO SCOTLAND & NORTH-EAST NEWCASTLE CARLISLE HALTWHISTLE HEXHAM

POTENTIAL CUT-OFF ROUTE ## HS2 ROUTE UPGRADE SUNDER- BETWEEN SHAP & CARLISLE TO STRATEGY & JOURNEY TIME LAND REDUCE WCML JOURNEY TIMES REDUCTION TARGETS GIVEN IN BY 9.3 MINUTES ##. “BROAD OPTIONS FOR UPGRADED ALIGNMENT NOT YET DEFINED AND HIGH SPEED RAILWAYS TO – ROUTE SHOWN TO WEST OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND AND PENRITH FOR ILLUSTRATIVE SCOTLAND” DATED MARCH 2016 – DURHAM PURPOSES ONLY SEE TABLE 1, P35. PENRITH HARTLEPOOL APPLEBY NOTE THAT LATEST PROPOSALS (NOV 2016) SHOW HS2 LONDON- BISHOP SCOTLAND SERVICES RUNNING NON- STOP THROUGH LANCASTER, AUCKLAND OXENHOLME, PENRITH & CARLISLE STOCKTON

KIRKBY BARNARD STEPHEN CASTLE DARLINGTON MIDDLES-

HS2 SERVICES CONTINUE HS2 SERVICES CONTINUE BROUGH NORTH OF BAMFURLONG NORTH OF CHURCH FENTON WINDERMERE VIA UPGRADED WEST VIA EAST COAST MAIN LINE COAST MAIN LINE TO TO YORK, DARLINGTON & EDINBURGH & GLASGOW NEWCASTLE KENDAL HAWES LEYBURN NORTHALLERTON OXENHOLME

POTENTIAL CUT-OFF ROUTE BETWEEN LANCASTER & LOW GILL FOLLOWING ROUTE OF M6 MOTORWAY TO REDUCE WCML THIRSK JOURNEY TIMES BY 10.7 MINUTES ## GRANGE

RIPON CARNFORTH SETTLE MORECAMBE BOROUGHBRIDGE

LANCASTER HEYSHAM HARROGATE ILKLEY NEW-BUILD HIGH SPEED LINE # SKIPTON TERMINATES NORTH YORK BLACKPOOL OF CHURCH FENTON CLITHEROE WETHERBY

TADCASTER # COLNE CHURCH BRADFORD LEEDS FENTON PRESTON BURNLEY HS3 BELIEVED TO BE ORIENTED BLACKBURN ALONG LEEDS-HUDDERSFIELD- HS2 SERVICES VIA

# MANCHESTER AXIS NEW-BUILD HIGH HS2 NEW-BUILD HIGH SPEED LINE HEBDEN HALIFAX SPEED LINE TERMINATES AT BRIDGE BAMFURLONG TODMORDEN NEAR WIGAN CASTLEFORD LEY NORTH COUNTRY RAIL NETWORK : 4 KEY DIAGRAM NCN 4 HS2 ROUTES & STATIONS CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 WITH HS2 LINKS TO LONDON STATIONS AT 20/40/60 RAIL NETWORK TO HS2 NEW- MINUTES FROM HS HUB BUILD HIGH SPEED LINES TO STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR REQG FURTHER CHANGE SCOTLAND & NORTH-EAST NEWCASTLE CARLISLE HALTWHISTLE HEXHAM

NOTE POTENTIAL CONFLICT LOCATION OF HS2 NEWCASTLE BETWEEN NEW-BUILD HS2 TERMINAL NOT DEFINED. IF AND HADRIAN’S WALL EUROGAUGE OPERATION SPECIFIED, SUNDER- WORLD HERITAGE SITE PARKWAY STATION IN TYNE YARD LAND AREA MOST LIKELY, WITH MAJOR POSSIBLE PARKWAY STATION IMPLICATIONS FOR CONNECTIVITY ON DEDICATED HS2 ROUTE TO HS2 IN TYNE & WEAR REGION NEAR CARLISLE, WITH CONNECTIONS TO POSSIBLE ‘WEARSIDE NEWCASTLE-CARLISLE & INTERCHANGE’ REMOTE TO DURHAM PENRITH SETTLE-CARLISLE LINES SUNDERLAND URBAN AREA APPLEBY BISHOP HARTLEPOOL INTERCITY SERVICE AUCKLAND LEVELS TO PENRITH CIRCA 50km LONG ‘BASE TUNNEL’ REQUIRED FROM OXENHOLME ETC KENDAL TO PENRITH TO MITIGATE ENVIRONMENTAL NOT DEFINED BUT CONCERNS IN SHAP / LUNE GORGE AREA. KENDAL/ LIKELY TO REDUCE STOCKTON PENRITH CERTAIN TO BE BYPASSED AS SERVICES MIGRATE TO HS2 KIRKBY BARNARD BYPASSING ROUTE DARLINGTON STEPHEN CASTLE MIDDLES- ‘TEESSIDE INTERCHANGE’ BROUGH PRESUMED IN INTERMEDIATE LOCATION ON STOCKTON & WINDERMERE DARLINGTON ROUTE BETWEEN DARLINGTON & MIDDLESBROUGH KENDAL HAWES LEYBURN

OXENHOLME NORTHALLERTON

HS2 DEDICATED HS2/HS3 ROUTE TO DEDICATED ROUTE SCOTLAND TO NORTH-EAST PRESUMED TO PRESUMED TO THIRSK FOLLOW M6 FOLLOW A1/A19 GRANGE CORRIDOR CORRIDOR

RIPON CARNFORTH SETTLE HS2 SERVICE LEVELS TO YORK AT RISK AS MORECAMBE TRUNK TRAFFIC TO NORTH-EAST TRANSFERS TO DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE PARKWAY STATION ON LANCASTER DEDICATED ROUTE HARROGATE PRESUMED AT PRESTON. ILKLEY LIKELY LOSS OF CONNECTIVITY SKIPTON TO CENTRAL PRESTON AND YORK BLACKPOOL OTHER LANCASHIRE COMMUNITIES WETHERBY TADCASTER

CLITHEROE COLNE CHURCH BRADFORD LEEDS FENTON PRESTON BURNLEY HS3 BELIEVED TO BE ORIENTED BLACKBURN ALONG LEEDS-HUDDERSFIELD-

MANCHESTER AXIS HEBDEN HALIFAX BRIDGE TODMORDEN CASTLEFORD LEY NORTH COUNTRY RAIL NETWORK : 5 KEY DIAGRAM NCN 5 DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE HIGH SPEED UK AND © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 UPGRADED EXISTING ROUTE OTHER DEVELOPMENTS NEW ROUTE & NEW STATION RESTORED ROUTE TO LOCAL RAIL SYSTEM #24 LINK TO EXISTING NETWORK 0 NEWCASTLE 1 CARLISLE HALTWHISTLE HEXHAM

HIGH SPEED UK CROSSES TYNE VIA NEW NORTHUMBRIA BRIDGE INCORPORATING NEW PLATFORMS CONNECTED TO NEWCASTLE SUNDER- CENTRAL AND TYNE & WEAR METRO. #31 APPROX 8km OF TUNNEL REQUIRED TO PASS LAND 0 UNDER GATESHEAD/NEWCASTLE URBAN AREA 1 LEAMSIDE LINE RESTORED #30 STILLINGTON BRANCH UPGRADED DURHAM 0 PENRITH POTENTIAL EXTENSIONS OF NEW1 ROUTE TO HARTLEPOOL TEES VALLEY METRO TO CROOK SUNDERLAND VIA

APPLEBY GUISBOROUGH AND TO CROOK #29 RESTORED RYHOPE

& ELVET BRANCHES #0 28 BISHOP 01 BARNARD AUCKLAND CASTLE 1 STOCKTON #27 KIRKBY HSUK ROUTED VIA ECML 0 STEPHEN DARLINGTON CORRIDOR, GENERALLY 1 MIDDLES- ENHANCED TO 4 TRACKS #26 BROUGH

0 EXISTING TEES VALLEY/TEESSIDE LOCAL WINDERMERE ROUTES UPGRADED INTO ‘TEES VALLEY 1 METRO’ TO IMPROVE LINKS FROM TEESSIDE NEW FLYOVER COMMUNITIES TO HSUK AT DARLINGTON NORTH OF NORTHALLERTON KENDAL HAWES LEYBURN NORTHALLERTON GARSDALE OXENHOLME POTENTIAL EXTENSION NEW FLYOVER INTEGRATED WITH #25 OF WENSLEYDALE EXTENSION OF WENSLEYDALE 0 RAILWAY TO GARSDALE RAILWAY TO NORTHALLERTON GGGNORTHALLERTON 1 HIGH SPEED UK ROUTED VIA ECML CORRIDOR. SECTION SOUTH OF NORTHALLERTON: THIRSK EITHER EXPANDED TO 6 TRACKS (INCLUDING 2 NEW HIGH SPEED LINES) GRANGE OR NEW PARALLEL ROUTE PROVIDED FOLLOWING A1(M)/A168 AND RESTORED RAIL ROUTES RIPON CONNECTION TO HARROGATE-YORK CARNFORTH SETTLE BOROUGH MORECAMBE LINE OFFERS POTENTIAL ROUTE TO #24 NORTH-EAST & RESTORED RAIL -BRIDGE CONNECTION TO BOROUGHBRIDGE 0 LANCASTER 1 HEYSHAM HARROGATE

ILKLEY NEW STATION SKIPTON AT FLAXBY OTLEY BLACKPOOL MOOR? YORK

CLITHEROE WETHERBY #23 TADCASTER COLNE 0 1 BURNLEY BRADFORD LEEDS #58 1 PRESTON SKIPTON-COLNE ROUTE RESTORED 0 TO PROVIDE NEW LOW-LEVEL BLACKBURN #56 #571 #22 TRANSPENNINE ROUTE 5 0 0 1 HEBDEN RESTORED HALIFAX 6 1 1 CHORD LINKING BRIDGE 0 ORMSIRK LINE TODMORDEN #55 CASTLEFORD & EAST LANCS 1 LINE LEY 0 1 NORTH COUNTRY RAIL NETWORK : 6 KEY DIAGRAM NCN 6 HIGH SPEED NETWORK & HUBS CONNECTIVITY OF LOCAL & © NETWORK2020 MAPPING 2018 WITH HS LINKS TO LONDON INTERCITY RAIL NETWORK STATIONS AT 20/40/60 MINUTES FROM HS HUB TO HIGH SPEED UK STATION AT >60 MINUTES OR REQG FURTHER CHANGE NEWCASTLE

CARLISLE HALTWHISTLE HEXHAM

48% 27 SUNDER- CONNECTIVITY DATA FOR LAND DARLINGTON & NEWCASTLE BASED UPON EXTENDED HSUK TIMETABLE COVERING 36 KEY HUBS OF UK RAIL NETWORK INCL. DARLINGTON, NEWCASTLE, DURHAM EDINBURGH & GLASGOW PENRITH HARTLEPOOL APPLEBY

BISHOP BARNARD AUCKLAND CASTLE STOCKTON

DIVERSION OF TIME-CRITICAL LONDON- KIRKBY SCOTLAND TRAFFIC FROM WCML ONTO DARLINGTON MIDDLES- STEPHEN HSUK EAST-SIDED ROUTE CREATES CAPACITY FOR THROUGH INTERCITY 47% BROUGH SERVICES TO STOP AT PENRITH & OXENHOLME, AND ALSO THROUGH 27 WINDERMERE SERVICES FROM WEST YORKSHIRE TO WINDERMERE

KENDAL HAWES LEYBURN NORTHALLERTON OXENHOLME WCML ECML HSUK

AVE. % JOURNEY CONNECTIVITY DATA GENERALLY POSSIBLE TIME REDUCTION BASED UPON HSUK TIMETABLE SPLITTING COVERING 32 KEY HUBS OF No OF CITIES POINT FOR UK RAIL NETWORK WITHIN THIRSK DIRECTLY LINKED 400m LONG GEOGRAPHIC SCOPE OF HS2 ‘Y’ HIGH SPEED GRANGE SERVICES AT YORK RIPON TRANSPENNINE ROUTES VIA CARNFORTH SETTLE COLNE AND HEBDEN BRIDGE MORECAMBE OPERATING ALTERNATELY BOROUGHBRIDGE AT 2-HOUR FREQUENCY LANCASTER HEYSHAM HARROGATE

ILKLEY HARROGATE CONNECTION SKIPTON YORK BLACKPOOL OTLEY AT 2-HOUR FREQUENCY WETHERBY 42% CLITHEROE KEIGHLEY TADCASTER 24 35% COLNE 50% 19 BRADFORD 30 PRESTON BURNLEY 50% BLACKBURN 12 LEEDS HEBDEN

BRIDGE HALIFAX TODMORDEN CASTLEFORD LEY NORTH COUNTRY RAIL NETWORK : 7 KEY DIAGRAM NCN 7 DEDICATED HIGH SPEED LINE HIGH SPEED UK AND NETWORK MAPPING 2018 © 2020 TRUNK FREIGHT ROUTE & YARD ASSOCIATED FREIGHT FREIGHT ROUTE CAPABLE OF UP- GRADE TO CONTINENTAL GAUGE DEVELOPMENTS RESTORED/NEW/UPGRADED ROUTE TYNE NEWCASTLE DOCK

CARLISLE HALTWHISTLE HEXHAM

TRUNK ECML INTERCITY TRAFFIC TYNE TRANSFERS TO HIGH SPEED UK SUNDER- YARD EUROGAUGE ROUTE CROSSES LAND TYNE VIA KING EDWARD BRIDGE & CONTINUES ONTO ECML OR BLYTH & TYNE LINES VIA NEWCASTLE CENTRAL DURHAM POTENTIAL EUROGAUGE ROUTE PENRITH TO CENTRAL SCOTLAND VIA LEAMSIDE LINE AND HARTLEPOOL APPLEBY STILLINGTON BRANCH

BISHOP AUCKLAND

STOCKTON KIRKBY BARNARD

STEPHEN CASTLE DARLINGTON MIDDLES-

BROUGH

WINDERMERE HIGH SPEED UK ROUTED VIA ECML CORRIDOR

PRIMARY KENDAL HAWES LEYBURN CONTAINER NORTHALLERTON ROUTE TO OXENHOLME MOSSEND POTENTIAL EUROGAUGE ROUTE TO

VIA WCML CENTRAL SCOTLAND ROUTED EITHER: VIA ECML (EXPANDED TO 6 TRACKS PRIMARY HEAVY INCLUDING 2 NEW HIGH SPEED LINES) FREIGHT ROUTE TO YORKSHIRE POWER OR: THIRSK STATIONS FROM VIA NEW ROUTE FOLLOWING RESTORED GRANGE HUNTERSTON VIA ROUTES AND A1(M)/A168 (WITH ECML SETTLE-CARLISLE UPGRADED ON-LINE) RIPON

CARNFORTH SETTLE MORECAMBE BOROUGHBRIDGE

LANCASTER HEYSHAM HARROGATE ILKLEY SKIPTON BLACKPOOL OTLEY YORK CLITHEROE WETHERBY

COLNE TADCASTER BURNLEY BRADFORD LEEDS PRESTON SKIPTON-COLNE ROUTE RESTORED

BLACKBURN TO PROVIDE NEW LOW-LEVEL TRANSPENNINE ROUTE STOURTON HULL HEBDEN HALIFAX

SEAFORTH BRIDGE EUROPORT DOCKS, TODMORDEN CASTLEFORD LIVERPOOL LEY