article_snippet: Journey times between Leeds and Newcastle Newcastle could be cut to 50 minutes - compared to a best time now nearly an hour and half ( 87 minutes currently) for cost of between £8.5bn and £14.0bn, says a new report to be published in Liverpool by Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin.
article_snippet: The 140mph trains could reduce Liverpool Liverpool to Manchester journey times to around 20 minutes – but cost as much as £13billion.
article_snippet: The new routes, shown here, will slash journey times by up to 40 minutes- with travel time between Leeds and Newcastle cut to 50 minutes - compared to a best time now nearly an hour and half for cost of between £8.5bn and £14.0bn .
article_snippet: Another plan to reduce journey times between Sheffield and Manchester from the current 48 minutes to 27 minutes could cost as much as £19billion.
article_snippet: The so-called ‘TransNorth’ rail network would link Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, Newcastle and Hull – with sections capable of speeds up to 140mph - Journey times between Liverpool and Manchester could be as low as 20 minutes; Manchester to Sheffield and Leeds could both be 30 minutes; Leeds to Hull could be just 45, and Sheffield to Hull 50 minutes.
article_snippet: Journey times from Manchester to Newcastle could be cut by a quarter (25%).
highlights_snippet: ‘revolutionise travel in the North’
  Journey times between Leeds and Newcastle could be cut to 50 minutes .
  
highlights_snippet: 140mph trains could reduce  Liverpool to Manchester times to 20 minutes .
  