Railways: South West

(asked on 25th April 2016) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the economic benefits of the construction of a second rail line into the South West.


Answered by
 Portrait
Claire Perry
This question was answered on 28th April 2016

The reinstatement of the Exeter - Okehampton - Plymouth route and the economic value of re-opening it is being looked at by the Peninsula Rail Task Force (PRTF). They will report to the Secretary of State in July 2016.

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