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Decade wait for Northern rail link work to even start
Daily Express
|January 14, 2026
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Starmer's plans for a new northern rail link have hit the buffers after it emerged work won't begin for 10 years.The government said the line from Manchester to Birmingham was part of a major overhaul of northern infrastructure.
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