The Northern Agenda: North's best-kept railway secret will bring faster, cleaner journeys

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Here is today's Northern Agenda: By ROB PARSONS - July 18 2022 Stretching across the North between York and Manchester, via Leeds and Huddersfield, the 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels, and crosses over 29 level crossings.

But as with the railway network in much of the North, its ageing infrastructure and lack of capacity means travelling by train over the Pennines can be a frustrating, if not excruciating experience.

However, there will soon be a light at the end of the (figurative) tunnel. The Transpennine Route Upgrade , whose low profile compared with HS2 and Northern Powerhouse Rail has seen the project dubbed the 'best kept secret' on the North's railways, will see massive upgrades worth several times more than its original budget of £3bn.