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Integrated-rail-plan-for-the-north-and-midlands. The Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands or more simply, the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), is a United Kingdom government proposal published on 18 November 2021. [1]
On 18 November 2021 the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands (IRP) was published. [53] This government document states HS2 will be built from Crewe to Manchester. [54] and reduces HS2 to a high speed link from London via Birmingham to the north west of England just south of Wigan North Western railway station. [55]
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Railway electrification in the UK has been a stop-start or boom-bust cycle since electrification began. The initial boom was under the 1955 modernisation plan. There was a flurry of activity in the 1980s and early 1990s but this came to a halt in the run up to privatisation and then continued in the 2000s, and also the Great Recession intervened.
[52] [53] These documents stated that rail electrification had a major role to play in the decarbonising agenda. On 18 November 2021 the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) was published. [54] This included full Midland Main Line electrification and upgrades. In addition, full Transpennine North electrification was included. However, in December 2021 ...
A meeting took place in July 2021 to discuss bidding for extension of the upgrade and electrification of the line from Market Harborough to Sheffield a key stage in the project going ahead. The work would go out to tender in September 2022. [38] On 18 November 2021, the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) was published. This affected parts of the HS2 ...
When the Integrated Rail Plan was released in November 2021, it was revealed that the eastern leg of the HS2 project into Leeds was cancelled. Instead, a mass transit system, as proposed by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority (WYCA), was given funding to progress.