article_snippet: New rail routes and improved lines using 140mph trains to slash key journey times by up to 40 minutes are unveiled today as part of the Chancellor’s multi-billion pound plan to ‘revolutionise travel in the North’.
article_snippet: The new Government plans builds on the Government’s HS3 idea – high speed lines from East to West across the North to link with the controversial £50billion high speed HS2 line going from London in the South to Birmingham and then onto to Leeds and Manchester in the North.
article_snippet: New rail routes and improved lines using 140mph trains to slash key journey times by up to 40 minutes are unveiled today .
article_snippet: The report by the Government and the regional quango Transport for the North includes studies by Network Rail setting out for the first time the different options for creating such a network along with indicative costings running to billions of pounds .
article_snippet: Plans set out in The report by the Government and the regional quango Transport for the North include: slashing journey times between major northern cities with investment in high speed rail; developing new east-west road connections including a road tunnel under the peak district; and introducing Oyster-style smart travel cards and simpler fares across the North.
article_snippet: A Department for Transport spokesman said: ‘Options range from radically upgrading existing routes to building completely new lines.
article_snippet: The proposed new routes: .
article_snippet: The proposed upgrades: .
article_snippet: They will also announce the go-ahead of the A6 to Manchester Airport Relief Road.
article_snippet: The proposals announced today will reduce journey times while increasing capacity and connectivity, enabling growth.
highlights_snippet: New rail routes are announced in plan to 
highlights_snippet: The multi-billion pound plan also includes major upgrades on current lines .