Northern Hub to be revised

摘要

Appearing before the Commons Transport Committee on December 14 to discuss the rail content of the Autumn Statement (RB1404 pi), Transport Secretary Justine Greening and DfT Director General, Domestic Transport, Steve Gooding were asked by the Chair Louise Ellman MP what the implications were for the Northern Hub of George Osborne announcing approval for Transpennine electrification. 'Why has the Northern Hub project, as a whole, not been put in this list when the Oxford - Bedford rail scheme has?' asked Ellman, who noted that the East-West Rail project 'was not in Network Rail's initial plan and the Northern Hub was'.