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New £1 billion electric trains to ‘bring faster journeys to the North,’ Burnham says

The Independent Politics · 10 September 2026 at 23:43

New £1 billion electric trains to ‘bring faster journeys to the North,’ Burnham says

The new trains will cut journey times by up to 10 minutes between Manchester and Leeds and up to 14 minutes between Manchester and York

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New £1 billion electric trains to ‘bring faster journeys to the North,’ Burnham says

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