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A scaled back plan for the eastern leg of High Speed 2 (HS2) has been revealed, with the long-awaited Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) finally published today.

Leeds City Council has said that the proposed tram system for the city will not provide the connectivity required and promised for local residents.

Work is ramping up on a major project to upgrade the track layout at Leeds station to bring more reliable services for passengers.

The creation of a new train station in Leeds is still part of the government’s plans for High Speed 2 (HS2), despite reports that the eastern leg of the railway will be significantly scaled back.

  Network Rail has said that work will be carried out over four weekends in the next four weeks at Leeds station to remodel the track layout between platforms 4 and 6 to deliver better reliability and boost capacity.

Passengers travelling between York and Leeds faced major disruption this morning, following the overnight derailment of an engineering train.

The £150M expansion of Leeds Bradford Airport (LBA) has been put on hold after the government stepped in to prevent the proposals from gaining formal planning consent.

An alternative Northern rail proposal has been tabled which would link High Speed 2 (HS2) and Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR) and include underground stations in major cities such as Leeds and Manchester.

Work to create a new platform at Leeds station is now complete.

Rail passengers at their first glimpse of the transformation underway at Leeds station this morning as it opened after a weekend closure to allow major work on the new Platform Zero.