Railways

(asked on 1st November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to improve east to west rail connectivity.


Answered by
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Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 4th November 2021

The Spending Review settlement sees continued record levels of investment in rail enhancements across England and Wales, with increased budgets up to 2025. The government is continuing to progress plans for East West Rail, with a preferred route alignment for Bedford to Cambridge to be published in due course, and a statutory consultation taking place in 2022. The railway between Bicester and Bletchley is already in delivery.

£589m of Transpennine Route Upgrade funding was announced in July 2020. This will secure extensive reliability, capacity and journey time improvements between Manchester and York, via Huddersfield and Leeds. £317m of investment was announced in May 2021, primarily to commence early works including electrification and upgrades between Church Fenton and York.

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