£14,000,000,000 plan to fix the north of England’s ‘broken’ rail network

The proposal comes ahead of the government’s spending review next month (Picture: Shutterstock)A £14billion plan to transform Yorkshire’s old railway system has been proposed by a former home secretary.Yorkshire’s Plan for Rail, put forward by Lord Blunkett, calls for increased capacity at Leeds, Sheffield and York stations, a new through-station for Bradford and a mainline station at Rotherham.Other proposals include electrifying the line between Leeds and Sheffield and