HOPES of bringing high speed trains to the North face overwhelming opposition from southern Conservative constituencies, new research has revealed.Read
MINISTERS have been told North East firms should be awarded major rail construction contracts to compensate the region for its poor transport links.Read
TRANSPORT minister Mike Penning has told Newcastle it will benefit from high-speed rail despite missing out on a slice of £32bn worth of direct investment.Read
THE Government has been told it must do more to link its £32bn high-speed rail line to the North East as ministers confirm they will build the controversial railway.Read
AIRPORT chiefs have launched a fierce attack on the Government’s high-speed rail plans as questions mount over the benefits it will bring to the North East.Read
TYNESIDE transport bosses will meet this week to agree the strongest warning yet to the Government that high-speed rail plans do not go far enough.Read
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