Rail North Committee
Role
Advises the Transport for the North Board on rail services, infrastructure and contract management for Northern and TransPennine Express across the Rail North area.
Meetings
- The Rail North Committee meets quarterly
- View meetings dates and papers
Chair
The Chair runs committee meetings, keep discussions focused and make sure clear decisions are agreed.
Read moreMayor Andy Burnham
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Members
Each of the North’s 11 combined authorities is represented by an elected member. There are also 4 members from Rail North authorities outside the TfN area, where rail services cross regional boundaries. *Please note: following the local elections on 7 May, membership is being updated. We will update this page as soon as possible.
Read moreMayor Dame Andrea Jenkyns
Greater Lincolnshire County Combined Authority
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Mayor Andy Burnham
Greater Manchester Combined Authority
Read moreCllr David Tucker
Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority
Read moreCllr Phil Riley
Lancashire Combined County Authority
Read moreMayor Steve Rotheram
Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
Read moreMayor Kim McGuinness
North East Mayoral Strategic Authority
Read moreMayor Oliver Coppard
South Yorkshire Combined Authority
Read moreCllr Finlay Gordon-McCusker
Stoke on Trent City Council
Read moreCllr Stephen Harker
Tees Valley Combined Authority
Read moreCllr Susan Hinchcliffe
West Yorkshire Combined Authority
Read moreCllr Peter Kilbane
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
Read moreCllr Peter Mason
Staffordshire County Council
Read moreCllr Mick Barton
East Midlands Combined Authority
Read moreCllr Hans Mundry
Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority
Deputy Members attend and act in place of a Committee Member when they are unable to make it.
- Cllr Michael Gorman, Cheshire and Warrington Combined Authority (register of interest)
- TBC, Cumbria Combined Authority (register of interest)
- Cllr Anthony Mckeown, East Midlands County Combined Authority (register of interest)
- Cllr Ingrid Sheard, Greater Lincolnshire County Combined Authority (register of interest)
- Cllr Eamon O'Brien, Greater Manchester Combined Authority (register of interest)
- Mayor Luke Campbell, Hull and East Yorkshire Combined Authority (register of interest)
- TBC, Lancashire County Combined Authority
- TBC, Liverpool City Region Combined Authority
- TBC, North East Combined Authority
- TBC, South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority
- Cllr Patrick Allen, Staffordshire Country Council (register of interest)
- Cllr Waseem Akbar, Stoke-on-Trent City Council (register of interest)
- Cllr Carl Quartermain, Tees Valley Combined Authority (register of interest)
- Mayor Tracy Brabin, West Yorkshire Combined Authority (register of interest)
- Mayor David Skaith, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
- Cllr Peter Kilbane, York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority
We work with rail operators to bring public and private sector expertise into Committee discussions.