Trains have got worse in decade since Northern Powerhouse promise, mayor says
Train services in the North have got poorer in the 10 years since the Northern Powerhouse was promised, Greater Manchester mayor Andy Burnham said as he joined other leaders to call for a different approach to transport.
Speaking at the Transport for the North annual conference in Liverpool on Monday, Mr Burnham said to transform the rail network they needed to do “something different to what we did in the last decade”.
He said: “It’s, HS3, as it was then called, now , better everyday services on the existing network.
