Railways: North West

(asked on 18th April 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to improve rural train lines and services in the North West.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 25th April 2019

The Northern and TransPennine Express franchises will transform rail services across the north. Rural lines in the north west will benefit from the removal of all Pacer trains, and all trains operating will either be new or fully refurbished. Stations in the region are also benefitting from some of the £55m investment by both franchises in improving facilities.

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