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Location MidlandsScope Transport body Midlands Connect plan a 2bn proposal to the government outlining a package of railway improvements to improve connectivity between the East and West Midlands.The Midlands Rail Hub plan encompasses building 15 infrastructures to increase capacity and improve railway connectivity in the region. Additionally the plan is expected to deliver significant benefits to the Midlands economy. If approved the proposals will be implemented in phases between 2024 and 2033. Midlands Connect submitted the plans in collaboration with Network Rail. The plans are supported by 47 partner organisations including West Midlands Combined Authority HS2 local authorities LEPs chambers of commerce and Birmingham and East Midlands airports. The upgrades would help to accommodate 24 additional passenger trains an hour to and from Birmingham Moor Street reducing pressure from Birmingham New Street. It includes schemes to resume direct services between Coventry Leicester Nottingham as well as two additional trains per hour in both directions between Birmingham-Leicester and Birmingham-Derby. Additionally it will create 36 freight paths a day diverting 4320 lorries worth of goods from road to rail. It also includes plans to increase access to HS2.
