Rail & Infrastructure News Updates 25 October 2024
This weeks Rail & Infrastructure Update focuses on hopeful news on next week’s budget, the first by a Labour Chancellor in 25 years, safety concerns on the railway in Manchester & Leicestershire, East Midlands electrification sought by businesses and Salford stations to get makeovers.
Chancellor to turn on spending taps with Budget boost for infrastructure & clean energy
Rachel Reeves plans to change the Govt’s fiscal rules to free up billions of pounds of borrowing, to spend laying “the foundations of future growth”. Read more here.
RAIB warns about bridges with longitudinal timber systems after September’s freight train derailment in Manchester. Read the full story here.
Powering up rail electrification could create 4,300 East Midlands jobs
Regional leaders, MPs & East Midlands businesses have joined forces to urge Govt to electrify more sections of the Midland Mainline railway. Read more here.
Greater Manchester rail stations to close next year for improvement work
Salford stops are amongst six stations which will close for periods next year as Network Rail carries out improvement works. Read more here.
Signalling failure closes Leicestershire railway line.
East Midlands Railway is urging passengers to check before travelling this morning due to major disruption across its Intercity network due to a signalling failure. Read more here.
Committing to Midlands to Manchester link will deliver much needed growth beyond SE
Next week’s Budget will be closely scrutinised and central to the new Govt’s process to stimulate economic growth. Will Labour commit to growth in the North? Read more here.
