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Midland Main Line

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Question for Department for Transport

UIN 9751, tabled on 9 September 2015

Question

Lilian Greenwood
Labour
Nottingham South
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the four-tracking of the Midland Main Line from Bedford to Kettering and Corby is contingent upon the recommendations of the Hendy Review.

Answer

Claire Perry
Conservative
Devizes
Commons

Answered on

14 September 2015

Kettering to Corby which is part 4 and part 2 tracking is currently in full implementation. Bedford to Kettering, in common with all rail projects, is subject to the recommendations of the Hendy Review which is due to report to the Secretary of State for Transport in the autumn.

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