Government to ‘take forward our ambitions' for Northern Powerhouse Rail
Rachel Reeves said plans will be published shortly.
NPR is a scheme to improve rail services between Liverpool and Leeds, which often suffer delays and cancellations.
£445m
Funding boost for railways in Wales Chancellor Rachel Reeves
The previous Conservative government's Integrated Rail Plan sparked outrage among northern leaders in November 2021, when it said that a new line would only be built on one section, and the rest of the route would get enhancements to existing lines.
Ms Reeves said: 'In the coming weeks I will set out this Government's plan to take forward our ambitions for Northern Powerhouse Rail.'
The Chancellor announced £3.5 billion more funding to support the TransPennine Route Upgrade, a project to improve the railway between York and Manchester.
She said the Government would provide £2.5 billion of additional funding to enable the 'continued delivery' of East West Rail, a new line between Oxford and Cambridge.
In her spending review she also said railways in Wales would get £445 million investment over 10 years.
Improvements at Cardiff West Junction and Padeswood sidings will be among those to be funded.
Ms Reeves told the Commons: 'For 14 years, the Conservatives failed the people of Wales.
'Those days are over.'
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