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October 2023

Network Rail - OFFICIAL

Wrexham to Bidston Congested Infrastructure Capacity Enhancement Plan (Wales & Western).

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Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 cautiously welcomes the UK Government commitment to electrify the North Wales Coast Main Line Railway.

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September 2023

Growth Track 360 - Letter to Prime Minister

Growth Track 360 Urges the Government to complete Phase 2b of HS2 Birmingham to Manchester.

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Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 calls for the continued delivery of HS2 from Birmingham to Manchester via Crewe for the good of the UK, the climate and the economy.

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Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 joins chorus of organisations opposing closure of rail station booking offices in England.

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August 2023

Growth Track 360 - The North Wales and Mersey Dee Rail Task Force

Response of Growth Track 360 and the Mersey Dee Alliance to the North Wales Transport Commission Interim Report, June 2023.

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June 2023

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 Welcomes Welsh Government’s Commitment to Improve Services on the Wrexham to Bidston, Borderlands Line.

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Growth Track 360 - News Release

Members of Parliament and Growth Track 360 Call for Urgent Reviews of the Feasibility of the Electrification of the North Wales Coast Main Railway Line and the Fairness of the Department for Transport’s Investment Appraisal Processes.

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March 2023

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 calls for electrification of North Wales Main Line between Warrington, Crewe, Chester and Holyhead to unlock full potential of HS2.

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Cllr. Louise Gittins, Chair of GT360 welcoming Tan Dhesi MP, the Shadow Rail Minister, to Chester Station with John Allcock, Chair of the Wrexham and Bidston Rail Users Association, Lord Barry Jones, President of the Wrexham and Bidston Rail Users Association, Mark Measham, Duty Manager, Chester Station (TfW) and Stephen Jones of GT360

Cllr. Louise Gittins, Chair of GT360 with Charlie Seward, Deputy Chief Executive of Cheshire West and Chester Council and lead officer of GT360, Ashley Rogers, CEO of the North Wales Mersey Dee Business Council, Dr. James Davies MP and Cllr. Ian Roberts Leader of Flintshire Council at a GT360 event in the Churchill Room of the House of Commons in February 2023.

February 2023

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 seeks support from UK parliamentarians for ‘Low Carbon Transport’ to support transformation of North Wales, Cheshire and Liverpool City Region into ‘Low Carbon Economy’.

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December 2022

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 welcomes Office of Road and Rail (ORR) decision to enable more passenger services on the Wrexham to Bidston Borderlands Line.

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November 2022

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 seeks £201 million from Chancellor for rail transformation across North Wales, Cheshire and Liverpool City Region.

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Growth Track 360 - News Release

November 2022 Fiscal and Spending Statement: Accelerating Growth and Union Connectivity through Investment in Cross-Border Railways linking North Wales and North West England.

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GT360 Highlight Report

  • Delivery June 2022 to 1st November 2022
  • Next Steps November 2022 – February 2023

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September 2022

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 urges UK Government to remove West Coast passenger rail contract from Avanti West Coast.

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July 2022

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Britain’s best known rail author backs Flintshire’s £36m Round 2 bid to the UK Levelling Up Fund for the Wrexham-Liverpool Borderlands line.

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June 2022

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 makes case to Parliamentary Committee for improved railways to attract tourism as local MPs back direct HS2 trains for
Chester and North Wales.

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January 2022

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 welcomes introduction of HS2 Crewe to Manchester Bill and calls for direct high-speed trains between North Wales, Chester and London.

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November 2021

Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 welcomes recognition by Union Connectivity Review of North Wales and North West England as a highly integrated cross-border economy and support for programme of transport improvements.

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Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 seeks meeting with UK Transport Secretary to accelerate investment in cross-border railways linking
North Wales and North West England.

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October 2021

Press Notice

The Mersey Dee Alliance (MDA) publishes a £220m Cross Border Recovery Deal aligned with Chancellor Rishi Sunak’s vision for a levelled up, higher-wage, higher-skill, higher-productivity economy and commences negotiations with the Welsh and UK Governments to fund the Deal.

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Press Notice

The Mersey Dee Alliance welcomes the UK Government’s vote of confidence in the MDA-based HyNet Consortium with the award of Track 1 Cluster Sequencing Funding for Carbon Capture and Underground Storage (CCUS) infrastructure. The implementation of CCUS from 2025 will safeguard the future of thousands of high value manufacturing jobs for the MDA and the connected economic areas in North Wales and the North West of England.

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Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 calls on train operator Avanti West Coast to restore services between London, Chester and North Wales to pre-pandemic
frequencies.

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MDA Stakeholders Briefing Note

Mersey Dee Alliance (MDA) – Proposed Cross Border Recovery Deal (CBRD).

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Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 welcomes breakthrough on rail services to Manchester and urges Chancellor to invest £20 million in improving vital railways linking North Wales, Cheshire, Wirral and Liverpool.

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Hynet - Press Release

Mersey Dee Alliance and HyNet join forces to develop the UK’s first cross-border low carbon hub

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June 2021

Fiscal Stimulus Package - Press Notice

The Mersey Dee Alliance proposes a pathway from Covid Recession to Green Growth in a £400million Stimulus Package Proposal.

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Growth Track 360 - News Release

Growth Track 360 backs Flintshire’s £30 million bid to UK Levelling Up Fund to accelerate transformation of Borderlands railway between Wrexham and Liverpool.

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