Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR)

project in planning

The project involves a major programme of new rail lines and upgrades to existing routes across northern England, designed to cut journey times, increase capacity, and improve reliability between key cities such as Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Bradford, Sheffield, and York, with future links to Newcastle and Hull. It focuses on:Building new high-capacity sections of railway where needed;Upgrading existing lines and stations to allow faster, more frequent services;Better east–west connectivity across the North, particularly across the Pennines; andSupporting economic growth, jobs, and regeneration by making it easier to travel between northern cities.