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UNBELIEVABLE: 6 | History Defined

Town in Greater Manchester in running to become home of Great British Railways

Ministers are looking for places with ‘a rich railway heritage, strong links to the national network and public support for the selected location’.

Manchester Evening News

Newcastle makes bid to become home for Great British Railways headquarters

The move could result in hundreds of North East jobs

Birmingham Post

'Strong and ambitious' bid to host Great British Railways headquarters launched

A shortlist is expected to be announced in May and a decision made in the summer

Birmingham Post

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Newcastle bids to bring Great British Railways headquarters to region

If successful, it is hoped the new facility could create hundreds of new jobs

Chronicle Live

Campaign underway to make Derby the home of Great British Railways

Great British Railways will be the new public body set up by Government to link up Britain’s disjointed rail network

Birmingham Post

Bid to make Horwich the new HQ for Great British Railways

A competition for the locations of a new railways agency has been announced by the government

Manchester Evening News

Choo-choose Perth to be the home of the Great British Railways headquarters

At a special meeting of Perth and Kinross Council on February 23 Labour councillor Alasdair Bailey and independent councillor Xander McDade put forward a motion to enter Perth into the competition

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Councillors hope to make Perth final destination for new Great British Railways headquarters

Local representatives Alasdair Bailey and Xander McDade will be urging the local authority and fellow council members to lodge an ‘Expression of Interest’ (EoI)

Daily Record

Great British Railways competition ‘cringeworthy and ill judged’ says former rail boss

‘In what sane world does a business ask the public to vote for the location of its headquarters?’ wrote one respondent

The Independent UK

Competition to find new ‘home of the railways’ launched

Transport Secretary Grant Shapps says the new central headquarters of Great British Railways must be "well connected" and outside of London

Wales Online

Competition to find new headquarters of Great British Railways launched

Towns and cities across England, Wales and Scotland have been invited to apply

Birmingham Post

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