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#NorthernPowercut - It's time for a fair deal for the North

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julie ratledge
11 years ago

another promise broken! no mention of crassrail2 being held up! oh sorry!! that's London-silly me!!!

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Bernie Moran
11 years ago

We need better faster links between Manchester, Liverpool , Leeds and Sheffield.

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Neil A. Carter
11 years ago

Another example of Tory 'All P.R. & Spin & NO substance!

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Peter Sharples
11 years ago

Stop treating train passengers like morons.

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Stephen Hargreaves
11 years ago Featured

Yet another empty promise to get our votes. I work in the industry and I am sick of seeing promises broken year after year and no investment north of Watford. Each party has promised and failed to deliver when given the chance. It must stop now.

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Any Oladele
11 years ago

To the Right honourable Mr. George Osborne The work must go on, the electrification of our rail track should and must go on. No ifs no buts.

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Mark Roger GREGORY
11 years ago

HS3 might one day be a better answer to the huge capacity issues facing Northern rail routes. However, the existing routes via Standedge and via the Calder Valley will continue to be very important and should be electrified as quickly as possible. Otherwise investment in new diesel rolling stock will be essential – but also very difficult both to resource and to justify.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

This should be a priority

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Alan Hill
11 years ago

The east-west rail upgrades in the north-west are much more important than HS2.

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Dan Artis
11 years ago

Time to stop the scandalous inequality in per capita spending on transport between the north and south. Blatant southern bias

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Paul Ankers
11 years ago

The North gets the thin end of the wedge again

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Roger Bysouth
11 years ago

This is much more good value, environmentally-friendly and beneficial than HS2.

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Chris Williams
11 years ago

This is a real judgement on George Osborne's Northern power house

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S Froggat
11 years ago

Power now!

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Drew Walsh
11 years ago

Voted Tory or didn't vote - BIG MISTAKE

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Susan Baines
11 years ago

It seems the Northern Powerhouse is now off the agenda...more like Northern Poorhouse. Thankyou Mr Osbourne, the divide goes on.

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Anonymous
11 years ago

A Tory caring about the North? Fat chance.

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Lily Jayne Summers
11 years ago

Because, the North deserves a fair deal just like the south of England.

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Geraint Vaughan
11 years ago

We really need to improve our northern rail infrastructure. We're not in the nineteenth century any more!

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Richard Sykes
11 years ago

As someone who lives in a West Yorkshire village on the M/cr Leeds line I can only say I am not surprised. There are bottlenecks but with a bit of imagination......