Budget 2011: Pickles hails £900m NW rail investment

THE Government has committed £900m to fund the complete electrification of the line between Liverpool, Manchester, Preston and Blackpool.

The announcement was made by the Treasury following Chancellor George Osborne's speech in the House of Commons yesterday and is one of a series of investments planned for the region including £85m for the Ordsall chord project to link Manchester's Piccadilly and Victoria stations.

This will speed up journeys between Leeds and Liverpool as well as allowing journeys from Victor... You can carry on reading TheBusinessDesk.com for free, but you have reached the maximum number of pages an unregistered user can view. To register for an account, click here or login below...