{"id":33641,"date":"2021-03-11T14:49:19","date_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/?p=33641"},"modified":"2021-03-11T14:49:19","modified_gmt":"2021-03-11T14:49:19","slug":"government-announces-upgrade-package-for-hope-valley-train","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shefnews.co.uk\/index.php\/2021\/03\/11\/government-announces-upgrade-package-for-hope-valley-train\/","title":{"rendered":"Government announces upgrade package for Hope Valley train"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Stephenson MP, Minister of State for Transport, announced a \u00a3137 million upgrade for the Hope Valley train line today in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Largan MP of High Peak was heavily involved in the campaigning for funding of the line that connects Manchester and Sheffield. In a statement on Twitter, he said, \u201cThis investment will remove the capacity bottleneck in the Hope Valley, which will allow for more frequent trains and a more reliable service.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dan Jarvis, Mayor of the Sheffield City Region, also commented on the latest developments, one that will be a major boost to the region.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased that our persistence has paid off, and that Ministers have finally listened to our calls to deliver long-awaited investment in this critical line between Sheffield and Manchester.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor too long people in South Yorkshire, Derbyshire and Greater Manchester have been forced to endure endless delays, cancelled and unreliable services. The upgrade to the line \u2013 which connects 4.2 million people between Sheffield and Greater Manchester \u2013 will reduce these delays and add a third direct train per hour.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s overdue but welcome progress, however we need the Government to go much further if they are to level up South Yorkshire and the North.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Construction is due to start next year and is timetabled to finish completion by 2023.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-33718\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shefnews.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2021\/03\/istockphoto-685793778-612x612-1-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Andrew Stephenson MP, Minister of State for Transport, announced a \u00a3137 million upgrade for the Hope Valley train line today in the House of Commons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":207,"featured_media":33718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[346,347],"class_list":["post-33641","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-construction","tag-hope-valley"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - 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