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Looking to fix our 'broken' train system
Yorkshire Evening Post
|May 17, 2025
A £14 billion plan to fix Yorkshire's “broken” rail system “presents a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” improve connectivity and unlock economic growth in the region, former home secretary Lord Blunkett has said.
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The Labour peer has published an infrastructure plan with the metro mayors of West, South and North Yorkshire, which calls on the Government to deliver on repeated promises to back transport in the north of England.
He said Yorkshire's Plan for Rail would deliver a huge boost to jobs, growth and new housing.
The plan was launched by Lord Blunkett in Leeds yesterday, alongside West Yorkshire Mayor Tracy Brabin, South Yorkshire Mayor Oliver Coppard and York and North Yorkshire Mayor David Skaith, who signed the White Rose Agreement earlier this year to work together.
Lord Blunkett said: "Yorkshire has been punching under its weight for far too long, and with the White Rose Agreement and this infrastructure plan, the three mayors are determined to reverse this historic trend.
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