Railways: North of England

(asked on 3rd December 2025) - View Source
Questioner
Earl Attlee Portrait
Earl Attlee
(Conservative - Excepted Hereditary)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill on 1 December (HL12185), whether Network Rail’s Transpennine Route Upgrade programme is largely funded by central and local government.

Answered by
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill Portrait
Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 15th December 2025

I can confirm that the TransPennine Route Upgrade programme is wholly funded by central government.

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