There is no better place to locate Great British Railways if it is going to help achieve the government’s Levelling Up ambitions, lifting Yorkshire’s strongest economy into the top quartile of UK cities from its current, below-average standing. Nearly 700 of the UK’s most deprived communities are within an hour of York and - as home to Great British Railways - York can provide opportunities to millions of people, businesses and communities across Yorkshire and the North-East.

That is why the bid York has submitted has the support of a wide range of partners, including North Yorkshire County Council, York & North Yorkshire LEP, City of York Council, the city’s universities and many more partners and stakeholders.