Railways: North West
(asked on 13th July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent representations he has received on development of rail infrastructure in the North West; and if he will make a statement.
This question was answered on 16th July 2015
In the North West Network Rail have recently finished electrifying the route from Liverpool to Manchester and to Wigan, and now have 10 electric trains in service on those routes, with plans to increase this to 20 by the end of the year. The work to electrify the route between Manchester and Preston is progressing, as Network Rail are currently enlarging the Farnworth tunnel to accommodate the wires.