PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: Urban Areas (22 July 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to connect more towns to the railway network.
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Sir John Hayes (Conservative)
Answer
The Government plans to modernise the network, improve services and reconnect towns that no longer have a station or link. The Government has pledged £500million to start reopening lines and stations, reconnecting smaller communities, regenerating local economies and improving access to jobs, homes and education.
Answered by:
Chris Heaton-Harris (Conservative)
7 September 2020
Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.