Birmingham MP Laurance Turner has welcomed Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ commitment to help fund £1.75bn of rail investments in the West Midlands.
In her ministerial statement on the 2025 Comprehensive Spending Review, Reeves redoubled her government’s pledge to help bankroll the Midlands Rail Hub.
She told the House of Commons: “I am providing funding for Midlands Rail Hub, the region’s biggest and most ambitious rail improvement scheme for generations. Strengthening connections from Birmingham, across the West Midlands and into Wales too.”
MP Laurence Turner welcomes Govt cash for £1.75bn rail investment
Turner, MP for Northfield, said: “The details need to be confirmed but this looks like brilliant news for Birmingham.
“An upgrade to Kings Norton station is at the heart of the Midlands Rail Hub project. We need to return to six trains an hour on the Cross-City from Longbridge and Northfield as well as Kings Norton.
“I’ve raised this project repeatedly in parliament and I’m delighted that the pressure has paid off. This investment will convert into jobs and wages, and less congested roads. It’s a great day for the city.”
Midlands Rail Hub is a £1.75bn blueprint for faster, better and more frequent connections across the Midlands, according to Midlands Connect.
The body said the scheme will add up to 300 additional trains on the rail network per day into or out of Birmingham and provide faster, more frequent connections for over 50 locations including Nottingham, Leicester, Bromsgrove, Nuneaton, Worcester, Hereford and Cardiff.
