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Written Question
Restoring Your Railway Fund: Weardale Line
Monday 9th September 2024

Asked by: Sam Rushworth (Labour - Bishop Auckland)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the decision was taken not to grant Restore Your Railway funding to the Weardale Line; and for what reason that decision was taken.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

Aside from Restoring Your Railway (RYR) projects currently at the delivery stage or in construction, all remaining RYR-originated projects, including the Darlington to Weardale line, are now being considered as part of preparations for the Spending Review. Ministers have been clear that not all projects will be able to proceed to delivery due to the challenging financial situation facing the Department.