The Burnham Programme
A Twelve-Year Programme for National Renewal

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What would your journey cost?

Enter your journey. See what you pay now. See what you would pay under a nationalised railway with HS2 complete and regulated fares.

Now

£364

Under the programme

£80

Exact fare not available — use National Rail for current price. Programme estimate: regulated fares typically 75-80% below current anytime fares on nationalised routes.

Based on nationalised railway with regulated fares and HS2 capacity. Estimates only.

Andy Burnham named the £364 Wigan to London fare in his Makerfield campaign launch. This is what the programme changes.

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The Victorians did not do Treasury Green Book assessments. They just built.

The ambition ceiling is a choice, not a constraint.

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The Burnham Programme is an independent policy document. It was not written by Andy Burnham and as of has not been endorsed by him.