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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 4429, tabled on 26 June 2015

Question

Lilian Greenwood
Labour
Nottingham South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to his oral statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067-8, on Network Rail, which of the Midland Main Line speed improvement works referenced in that statement are additional to projects already committed under Control Period 5.

This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.

Answer

Claire Perry
Conservative
Devizes
Commons

Answered on

7 July 2015

The Passenger Journey Time Fund could benefit a number of locations on the Midland Mainline: Market Harborough, Leicester and between Derby and Chesterfield. These are all authorised for development. Additional journey time improvements plan for Control Period 5 will be delivered through work on Derby remodelling, Kettering to Corby and Kettering to Bedford.

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