London Birmingham Liverpool Newcastle York Leeds Sheffield

London Birmingham Liverpool Newcastle York Leeds Sheffield

NORTHERN RAIL PRIORITIES Priority 1: Northern Hub Newcastle Priority 2: HS2–Midland Mainline Connection PRIORITY 1: NORTHERN HUB CAPACITY BOOST Priority 3: Transpennine electrication What would the Northern Hub mean? Priority 5: Station capacity improvements • Up to 700 more trains per day • Space for 44 million more people to travel by train each year PRIORITY 1: NORTHERN HUB PROPOSAL Middlesbrough • Two new fast trains per hour between Manchester Victoria and Liverpool EXISTING MAINLINE • Six fast trains per hour between Leeds and Manchester, up from four currently Blackpool • A new direct service through Manchester city centre to Manchester Airport Scarborough Preston Halifax Bradford Leeds AGREED Rochdale ELECTRIFICATION Dewsbury Bolton Hudderseld York Hull PRIORITY 5: STATION CAPACITY IMPROVEMENTS Staybridge Shefeld Leeds Liverpool Warrington Manchester EXISTING MAINLINE Manchester Airport Liverpool Manchester Shefeld Sheffield Station Liverpool Lime Street Station Leeds Station Derby Nottingham SUMMARY: BENEFITS AND COSTS Priority Main benefits Cost Benefit:Cost ratio Status Birmingham 1 Northern Hub • Reduces travel times between Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, £560m 4:1 Detailed specifications Sheffield and Newcastle (£85m already and analysis completed. • Increases capacity at Manchester Piccadilly approved) Ordsall Chord already approved 2 HS2–Midland • Immediate benefit from HS2 Phase 1 to East Midlands, £30m Existing HS2 benefits Initial plans developed by AGREED HS2 Mainline East Yorkshire and North East increased by 20–25% Greengauge21 and West Connection • Reduces travel times between Newcastle, Sheffield, Derby Yorkshire ITA 3 Extending • Maximises benefit of Manchester–York upgrade by connecting £85–110m Could pay for itself We recommend that DfT Transpennine to Middlesbrough, Scarborough and Hull (upper over its lifetime and Network Rail draw PRIORITY 4: electrification • Reduces travel times between Newcastle–Manchester Airport, estimate) up proposals for these Hull–London schemes IMPROVED ROLLING STOCK • Reduces congestion on M62 4 Improved rolling • Enhances capacity and customer experience; increases cost NA NA Urgent need for a study stock efficiency and lowers carbon emissions and strategy London • Maximises benefit of Transpennine electrification • Creates jobs associated with manufacture 5 Station • Increases capacity at all stations, both passenger numbers £110m Previous upgrades to Sheffield and Manchester improvements in and train journeys stations generated GVA impacts of between Liverpool, Leeds • Increases modal shift between road and rail 5 and 7 times those derived using conventional and Sheffield appraisal benefits. Total cost £810m (£85m already approved).

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