POLITICIANS are being urged by Transport for the North to boost investment to rail services.
The group's chief executive, Barry White, has written an open letter to political leaders calling on policy makers to 'rebalance decades of underinvestment'.
He said: "Today’s gap in productivity will become tomorrow’s opportunities for not only those who call the North home, but the people and business leaders yet to locate here. Not just good for the North but good for all the UK.
"At the heart of this, is the ability to get people and goods from A to B better than they do today. That’s journeys between the North’s towns and cities and to our neighbours in Scotland, Wales, the Midlands and beyond."
Transport for the North brings together the 20 local and combined authorities and business leaders.
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