Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to page 25 of the policy paper entitled Network North, published on 4 October 2023, whether the reference to the reopening of Beeching lines will include the new Ferryhill railway station in County Durham that was listed in his Department's news story entitled Moving Ahead to Reopen Railway Lines and Stations, published June 2022.

A new station will be built at Ferryhill under Network North. This is referred to at paragraph 52 of the Network North policy paper.