Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to paragraph 71 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the new station at Tavistock has entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline; what the project’s Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment stage is; when approval was granted to enter that stage; and whether entry to the next stage will be granted.

The Tavistock to Plymouth project has entered the Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline. A Strategic Outline Business Case (SOBC) for this project has been completed by Devon County Council, with funding from the Restoring Your Railway Ideas Fund. Work is underway with industry partners to develop a proposal for the next stage of works, leading up to Single Option Selection and the development of an Outline Business Case. The next PACE stage for the project will be Engineering Stage 1. The Department is in the early stages of planning next steps, including delivery timescales for the Tavistock to Plymouth project.