PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Great Eastern Main Line (28 November 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential benefits to the economy of (a) Essex and (b) the UK of a passing loop north of Witham on the Great Eastern Main Line.

Asked by:
Priti Patel (Conservative)

The proposal to install passing loops north of Witham on the Great Eastern Main Line is one of a series of potential capacity upgrades for the line. The proposals are at an early stage of development, with initial feasibility work yet to be carried out.

Answered by:
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
6 December 2017