DON Mackenzie, leader of Harrogate Borough Council, has urged councillors to get behind a £150 million plan to rejuvenate the railway line between Leeds and York.
The proposal would see trains from the London Underground brought up to Yorkshire to run on the line. It would be the biggest rail network improvement in almost 20 years.
Coun Mackenzie said: “We have a duty to those who elected us to get the very best for our residents, who deserve better than the ancient and uncomfortable diesel trains currently used for local rail services.”
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