New Bradford railway station to be built at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme
Summary
A new railway station will be built in Bradford to 'transform how people travel across the north', the government has announced, The Guardian reported on Tuesday 20 October. The station will be at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) scheme, built on the current Bradford Interchange site but allowing through trains between Leeds and Manchester, with a 'turn-up-and-go' service, according to The Guardian. According to The Independent, the DfT says passengers will benefit from more frequent trains, improved journey times and reliability, and Bradford's new rail station is predicted to bring £1bn to the local economy.
Latest: The government announced that a new railway station will be built in Bradford at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme, allowing through trains between Leeds and Manchester, The Guardian reported, and The Independent reported that the DfT says passengers will benefit from more frequent trains, improved journey times and reliability and that the station is predicted to bring £1bn to the local economy.
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How it unfolded
Tuesday 20 October
The government announced that a new railway station will be built in Bradford at the heart of the Northern Powerhouse Rail scheme, allowing through trains between Leeds and Manchester, The Guardian reported, and The Independent reported that the DfT says passengers will benefit from more frequent trains, improved journey times and reliability and that the station is predicted to bring £1bn to the local economy.
- 04:31The IndependentBradford’s new rail station predicted to bring £1bn to local economy
- 03:54The IndependentMajor new train station ‘will transform travel across the North’
- 01:00The GuardianNew Bradford railway station will ‘transform travel across the north’