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Council leader Sir Steve Houghton CBE and cabinet spokesperson for environment and transport, councillor James Higginbottom.

Direct to London and beyond: Barnsley Council reveals rail upgrade plans

Watch: HS2 teams move huge box structure into place under A-road

Homes England owns the empty plot by the taxi rank at Sheffield station.

Owner of empty plot at station issues statement amid traffic chaos

The proposed tram-train extension between Sheffield city centre and Stocksbridge (bottom) could include stops at Deepcar, Wharncliffe Side and Oughtibridge (top)

Latest on new tram train route plans for city

The plot outside Sheffield station has been empty for 18 years.

Update on plans to give railway station area the 'wow factor'

Barnsley Council is set to spend £9.3m on repairing and maintaining roads across the borough this year.

All the roads to be repaired this year in Barnsley

The Rail Minister, Huw Merriman, visited Dore & Totley station in Sheffield for it's official reopening. He reaffirmed the Government's commitment to bringing a third train between Sheffield and Manchester every hour, but failed to provide a timescale when asked.

Rail Minister 'shares Sheffield ambitions' for more Manchester trains

Figures show just 20 miles of road in Sheffield were repaired in the year up to March 2023 - down 88 per cent from five years ago.

Road repairs in Sheffield are miles off with 88 per cent drop off

The Star asked Sheffield residents what they think about their bus services as part of the 'Back Our Buses' campaign.

Watch: This is what bus users thinks about their local service

Plans drawn up in 2018, when it was still hoped HS2 would come to the city, for the disused land outside Sheffield station. Homes England has said a decision on the future of the site is now expected in spring 2024

Seven major transport 'let downs' that harmed South Yorkshire

Coun Ben Miskell, chair of Sheffield City Council's transport, regeneration and climate policy committee, said Arundel Gate was one of the most polluted areas of the city and “we need to do all we can” to improve air quality and speed up buses. Picture: LDRS

Decision to scrap HS2 rail plan criticised

A train on the tracks in Sheffield. These are all the schemes announced by the Government for the city's railway links today. Picture: David Kessen, National World

All the Sheffield rail scheme schemes announced today by PM

Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has announced major rail schemes for Sheffield which will see an electrified link to Manchester and the creation of a Don Valley Line to Stocksbridge. PIctured is Sheffield Station. Picture: David Walsh, National World

Sheffield rail schemes announced as HS2 leg ditched in PM speech

Rishi Sunak has refused to say whether he's axing the HS2 route from Birmingham to Manchester. Credit: Mark Hall/Getty

Northern leader hits out at PM’s ‘lies’ over rail projects and HS2

Former Prime Minister Boris Johnson. Credit: Brandon Bell/Getty Images.

Betrayal of the North: Boris Johnson hits out at PM on HS2

An aerial view of the groundworks construction of the HS2 high speed rail network progresses around the A38 dual-carriageway near Streethay on January 27, 2023 in Lichfield (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)

Gravy train: £280 million spent on HS2 consultants in years

According to a leaked photograph, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Labour mayors join forces to urge Sunak not to scrap HS2 Northern link

The Prime Minister is reportedly "alarmed" by the ballooning costs of the HS2 [project amid rumours that his government may be about to announce that the Northern leg of the line will be scrapped. (Credit: Hollie Adams/PA Wire)

Rishi Sunak 'alarmed' by costs of HS2 project amid Cabinet split

According to a leaked photograp, the government is said to be possibly planning on scrapping the Birmingham to Manchester HS2 phase in order to cut down on costs. (Credit: PA)

Rishi Sunak refuses to guarantee HS2 will link Manchester and London

Coun Chris Read, Rotherham Council leader. (Photo by: Local Democracy Reporting Service)

Council leader calls minister to ‘end borough’s HS2 worries’

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like.

Dreams of high speed rail into Sheffield city centre still alive

Sinkhole which has opened up above HS2 work in Buckinghamshire

Sinkhole opens up above a tunnel built for the HS2 high rail line

Construction on sections of the HS2 route have been delayed (Photo by Mark Case/Getty Images)

HS2 needs to be completed to transform north of England

An early representation of what the new HS2 trains could look like.

Part of HS2 to be delayed in bid to cut costs

Dan Jarvis, Labour MP for Barnsley Central, said that the terms of reference have not even been agreed yet, 14 months on.

MP calls on minister to ‘get on with’ plans for HS2 line through Sheffield

HS2 could be routed from Nottingham to Newark and up the East Coast Mainline in one of four proposals. Credit: HITACHI-ALSTOM

Alternative HS2 eastern leg plan could save Mexborough and bring services to Don...

A car navigates the Snake Pass in Derbyshire, as a blast of snow hits the north of England. PRESS ASSOCIATION Photo. Picture date: Wednesday November 21, 2018. See PA story WEATHER Cold. Photo credit should read: Danny Lawson/PA Wire

We need better travel links to Manchester than the Snake Pass

Louise Haigh, Sheffield Heeley MP and Shadow Transport Minister, has questioned Boris Johnson's statement in Parliament about Bradford and the HS2 high-speed rail link

MP HS2 hits back at Boris Johson on HS2 'confusion'

UK officials are talking up the launch of negotiations over a trade deal with India that ‘could’ boost the economy by £28bn.

Comment: Forget the flights of fancy and focus on steel

Tour of Tata Steel in Rotherham and Stocksbridge to view the high standard of steel produced those sites. Picture Scott Merrylees. Unions want measures to make sure more UK steel is used in HS2

Call for action to ensure more use of UK steel in HS2 project

Louise Haigh MP has pledged to improve the transport network in Sheffield.

MP pledges to improve bus network across Sheffield

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps (centre) during a visit to the Leicester hub of Network Rail contractors SPL to see wiring gantries being built. Picture date: Monday December 20, 2021. PA Photo. The Transport Secretary's visit marks workers breaking ground on electrifying the Midland Main Line, the first stage of the £96bn Integrated Rail Plan. See PA story TRANSPORT Shapps. Photo credit should read: Jacob King/PA Wire

Transport Secretary promises rail electrification is coming to Sheffield

Electrification of train lines will make trains quieter and contribute to decarbonisation.

Work to start this week on new HS2 plan after eastern leg to Leeds was scrapped

Sheffield Victoria Railway Station
Last train from Victoria - 2nd January 1970

How Sheffield's Victoria Station went from central role to closure

One reader describes the integrated rail plan as a 'curate's egg'. Picture: Chris Etchells

Reader's letter: Integrated rail plan is 'a curate's egg'

This reader claims that South Yorkshire is 'shedding few tears' as Prime Minister Boris Johnson waves goodbye to HS2 through Yorkshire.

Reader's letter: South Yorkshire 'shedding few tears' over HS2

Date: 28th October 2021.
Picture James Hardisty.
The Great Northern Conference held at Cutlers' Hall Hospitality, Church Street, Sheffield.. Pictured Dan Jarvis, MP, Barnsley Central and Mayor, South Yorkshire.

Boris Johnson told: "South Yorkshire will not forget HS2 rail betrayal"

Sheffield Railway Station

Letter: Reopening this route could cut Sheffield to Leeds train journeys to 30 m...

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