Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Department for Transport

Feb. 22 2024

Source Page: A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet: full business case
Document: A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet: full business case (PDF)

Found: of Felixstowe connecting the key economic centres of Milton Keynes, Bedford, and Cambridge.

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Transport

Feb. 20 2024

Source Page: Ministers set out blueprint for future of the railways through draft Rail Reform Bill
Document: Ministers set out blueprint for future of the railways through draft Rail Reform Bill (webpage)

Found: services, simpler tickets and a modern and innovative railway that meets the needs of passengers and freight

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Lords Chamber
Network North - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) area capacity enhancement programme comprises a series of infrastructure upgrades to increase rail freight - Speech Link

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Written Question

Railways: East of England

Wednesday 14th February 2024

Asked by: Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb (Green Party - Life peer)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government when they will provide the full funds to upgrade the rail junctions at Haughley and Ely; and on what timetable they expect the works to be completed.

Answered by Lord Davies of Gower - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

The recently announced Network North programme of investment included confirmation of government’s support for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) programme and upgrading Haughley Junction, and the substantial benefits this will bring, including a doubling of passenger services on the Ely to Kings Lynn and Ipswich to Peterborough routes together with additional freight paths into the Port of Felixstowe.

Network Rail have developed the scheme to Outline Business Case stage; next steps will involve further investment case development and delivery planning.

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Written Question

Railways: Suffolk

Wednesday 7th February 2024

Asked by: Stephen Morgan (Labour - Portsmouth South)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work on the upgrade to Ely Junction to (a) begin and (b) be completed.

Answered by Huw Merriman - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The recently announced Network North programme of investment included confirmation of government’s support for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) programme and the substantial benefits this will bring, including a doubling of passenger services on the Ely to Kings Lynn and Ipswich to Peterborough routes together with additional freight paths into the Port of Felixstowe.

Network Rail have developed the scheme to Outline Business Case stage; next steps will involve further investment case development and delivery planning.

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Written Question

Roads: Ely

Thursday 25th January 2024

Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Ely Junction upgrade scheme has entered the Road Improvement Strategy (a) programme and (b) development stage; whether formal approvals have been granted; and whether it will progress into the next strategy phase.

Answered by Guy Opperman - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)

It is important to be clear that the Ely Junction upgrade scheme is a rail project and not a road project. The recently announced Network North programme of investment included confirmation of government’s support for the Ely Area Capacity Enhancement (EACE) programme and the substantial benefits this will bring, including a doubling of passenger services on the Ely to Kings Lynn and Ipswich to Peterborough routes together with additional freight paths into the Port of Felixstowe.

Network Rail have developed the scheme to Outline Business Case stage; next steps will involve further investment case development and delivery planning.

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Westminster Hall
HS2 Cancellation and Network North - Wed 17 Jan 2024
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jack Brereton (Con - Stoke-on-Trent South) route, with options to increase freight from Immingham and Felixstowe to Liverpool via the Potteries - Speech Link
2: Thérèse Coffey (Con - Suffolk Coastal) is actually part of Network North, which recognises the fact that the port of Felixstowe is the primary - Speech Link
3: Huw Merriman (Con - Bexhill and Battle) That will increase freight trains from 36 to 42 trains a day from the port of Felixstowe, allowing trains - Speech Link

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Departmental Publication (Open consultation)
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Jan. 11 2024

Source Page: Approach to siting new nuclear power stations beyond 2025
Document: Nuclear National Policy Statement: AoS scoping report appendices volume 1 (PDF)

Found: the uptake of the cleanest vehicles; • reducing emissions from heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) and road freight

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Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Department for Transport

Dec. 20 2023

Source Page: Government sets ambitious target to grow rail freight by at least 75%
Document: Government sets ambitious target to grow rail freight by at least 75% (webpage)

Found: Government sets ambitious target to grow rail freight by at least 75%

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