Funding admission as Moorgate Halt replacement cost detailed at inquiry 

HAVING to replace a Saddleworth level crossing with a footbridge would add millions of pounds to a multi-billion pound rail project’s cost.  But those behind Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) admitted…

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Public inquiry hears of ‘benefits’ and ‘disruption’ of Saddleworth rail scheme 

A CONTROVERSIAL multi-billion pound railway scheme through Saddleworth would cause ‘major disruption’, a public inquiry will hear.  It may also place some of the area’s biggest events – the Whit Friday Brass Band Contests –…

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Action group welcomes first step of rail improvements

By Jacklin Kwan RAIL infrastructure upgrades have been welcomed by Greenfield’s action group as they wait to see the rest of the ‘much-needed’ Transpennine Route…

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