Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what information his Department holds on proposed investment in the Chelmsford to London Liverpool Street rail line in each of the next 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

Investment plans for the line between Chelmsford and London Liverpool Street for Control Period 5 (for the period 2014-2019) are included in Network Rail’s Strategic Business Plan (available at the following web address: http://www.networkrail.co.uk/browse%20documents/strategicbusinessplan/cp5/supporting%20documents/our%20activity%20and%20expenditure%20plans/overarching%20cp5%20enhancements%20plan.pdf?cd=2).

For the five-year period beyond 2019, Network Rail published a draft Anglia Route Study on 5 November 2014:

http://www.networkrail.co.uk/long-term-planning-process/anglia-route-study/