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So far, on Railways Explained we dedicated several videos to the area of the United Kingdom. They are related to the construction of the Channel Tunnel, projects High Speed 1 and High Speed 2, and even there was one comprehensive video about the Elizabeth Line (Crossrail).

Today our topic is a project of an exciting name - the Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR).

This project represents a counterweight to all earlier mentioned UK projects, which all relate to the southern part of the country. The Northern Powerhouse Rail is a proposal that aims not only to improve the railway service but to become a trigger to boost the economic development of northern England.

After years of revisions and negotiations, a final NPR strategy was agreed upon by all stakeholders in 2021, and it set out a vision of new and upgraded rail connections across the North. It includes:

- a new line between Liverpool and Manchester via central Warrington,
- upgrades and journey-time improvements between Manchester and Sheffield,
- a new line between Manchester and Leeds via a new station in central Bradford,
- upgrades to the East Coast Mainline between Leeds and Newcastle,
- upgrades and electrification between Leeds and Hull and Leeds and Sheffield, and
- connection of Sheffield to the HS2 Eastern Leg and Leeds.

Full background story, including the socio-economic rationale behind NPR, but also different preceding similar initiatives, detailed scope, projected costs and benefits, current issues, and political obstacles, were all addressed in the video.
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