By Emma Bean

Key rail routes will take longer with increased carbon emissions and cost more as a result of the Tory rail electrification cancellation. Andy McDonald, Labour’s shadow transport secretary, said that the cancellation to the Midland Mainline, TransPennine express and Great Western routes will “threaten economic growth in areas of England and Wales already suffering from poor connectivity and underinvestment.” The scrapping of the TransPennine electrification is thought to be the end of the proposed Northern Powerhouse’s Crossrail scheme, which may […]