Railways: Lancashire

(asked on 9th October 2015) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on the electrification of the Blackpool North railway line and the proposed removal of points which connect this line with a disused railway line connecting Poulton-le-Fylde to Fleetwood.


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Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 15th October 2015

The Secretary of State asked the new Chairman of Network Rail, Sir Peter Hendy, to review the delivery of all projects across the entire Rail enhancements portfolio.

In the Blackpool North electrification scheme as it is currently defined, the connecting points will be removed from their current location as they restrict speed on a sharp curve towards Blackpool, but an allowance has been made in the design for a new, ‎simpler, connection, should the need arise to reconnect the line in future.

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