trains

The National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) has said improving rail links between cities in the North and Midlands should be the top priority in a new approach that seeks to end stop-start investments in order to level up the UK.

Fewer than two-thirds of trains arrived at stations on time in the year ending 2019-20, according to the industry regulator.

The Port of Mostyn in Flintshire, North Wales, has been shortlisted as the location for a major new factory making a new generation of high-speed trains that could employ up to 1,000 workers.