Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Andrew Stephenson and Mark Logan

Thursday 17th September 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mark Logan (Bolton North East) (Con)]

What steps his Department is taking to connect more towns to the railway network.

[The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Andrew Stephenson)]

The Government have pledged £500 million to start reopening lines and stations to reconnect smaller communities that no longer have a station.

[Mark Logan]

Is it not about time that Londoners had a direct train line into Bolton?

[Andrew Stephenson]

Improving services to the north-west of England, including Bolton, while balancing the capacity and performance impacts on passengers, remains under constant review.