Jason spoke in the chamber today to thank the Rail Minister for the millions of pounds of Rail Investment that is flowing into our area with;
- £48 million of Levelling Up cash for the Penistone Line with stations in Honley and Brockholes AND
- £11 billion Transpennine Route Upgrade, seeing huge investment at Huddersfield, Slaithwaite and Marsden stations.
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Jason McCartney
I thank the Rail Minister for the huge levels of rail investment going into my constituency.
As he knows, alongside my hon. Friends the Members for Dewsbury (Mark Eastwood) and for Penistone and Stocksbridge (Miriam Cates), we secured £48 million of levelling-up cash for upgrades on the Penistone line, with stations at Honley and Brockholes in my constituency.
I thank the Rail Minister for visiting Huddersfield railway station last year, and I am pleased to report that a major upgrade, which is part of the £11 billion trans-Pennine route upgrade, is under way at that station.
Once that is complete, there will be major upgrades to Slaithwaite and Marsden stations, including disabled access.
Rail investment is being delivered to my wonderful part of West Yorkshire.
Huw Merriman
I thank my hon. Friend; he is a champion of the railway, and it was an absolute delight to visit him at Huddersfield station and talk about some of those projects.
Of course, his point is completely relevant to the matter before us.
The trans-Pennine route upgrade, for which there will be more Government investment than there was for the entirety of Crossrail, allows us to put an order in for TransPennine Express trains, so there will be more trains manufactured as well as better stations, longer platforms and more resilience.
[Interruption.]
I thank that team, which is doing a brilliant job, which The Sunday Times has highlighted.
Rather than chuntering, it would be nice if the Opposition thanked those who deliver railway projects to time and on budget.
