{"id":813154,"date":"2026-10-25T06:06:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-25T06:06:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813154\/"},"modified":"2026-10-25T06:06:12","modified_gmt":"2026-10-25T06:06:12","slug":"major-step-forward-in-45bn-northern-powerhouse-rail-project","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/813154\/","title":{"rendered":"Major step forward in \u00a345bn Northern Powerhouse Rail project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  A new station has been announced in Bradford as part of the \u00a345bn Northern Powerhouse Rail project, a scheme aimed at improving links between Manchester and some of northern England\u2019s biggest cities including Liverpool, Leeds and York.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Transport secretary Heidi Alexander said that the new station at Bradford Interchange would be a massive boost for rail travel in the north.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cBy bringing Northern Powerhouse Rail into the heart of the city, we are unlocking the huge potential Bradford offers \u2013 improving connections, supporting economic growth and setting the foundations for new homes, jobs and opportunities across the region,\u201d she said announcing the move.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  In Warrington, political leaders have long been calling for better railway links to other northern cities.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The masterplan being looked at would mean a new underground station being built at Warrington Bank Quay as well as a wider boost to the part of the town.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.warringtonguardian.co.uk\/topics\/warrington-borough-council\/?ref=au\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Warrington Borough Council<\/a> said earlier this year it has \u2018fleshed out ambitious new details\u2019 for a massive 300-acre vision surrounding Warrington Bank Quay station.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The Bank Quay Gateway proposals, which could deliver up to 4,500 new homes and two million square feet of commercial space, aim to capitalise on the town&#8217;s role in the planned \u00a345billion Liverpool-Manchester railway line.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The blueprint, drawn up by master planners WSP and Aecom, targets underutilised brownfield and former industrial land surrounding the Bank Quay railway station.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The commercial element of the scheme is designed to accommodate approximately 10,000 workers, bringing modern office space to the quarter.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  The masterplan is the culmination of 14 months of Government-funded development by the Warrington Bank Quay Advisory Board.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  This is a coalition comprising the council, Department for Transport, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, Department for Business and Trade, and Homes England.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A new station has been announced in Bradford as part of the \u00a345bn Northern Powerhouse Rail project, a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":813155,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[84,59,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-813154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business","tag-business","tag-gb","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813154","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=813154"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/813154\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/813155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=813154"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=813154"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=813154"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}