Railways: North of England

(asked on 9th June 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the total cost to the public purse of the Transpennine Route Upgrade programme.


Answered by
Andrew Stephenson Portrait
Andrew Stephenson
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
This question was answered on 14th June 2021

The Transpennine Route Upgrade is a multi-billion pound programme, expected to be the largest investment in the existing rail network over the next 5 years. At this stage it is not possible to be specific about the total cost as we continue to work through design and development phases for the project. Funding of £589m was announced in July 2020, and an extra £317m in May 2021 to improve connectivity between Leeds, Manchester and York and commence early works, including electrification between York and Church Fenton. An update to the Business Case will be presented this Summer.

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