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Restoring Your Railway Fund: Weardale Line

Asked by Sam RushworthLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 9 September 2024UIN 3389

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the decision was taken not to grant Restore Your Railway funding to the Weardale Line; and for what reason that decision was taken.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

Aside from Restoring Your Railway (RYR) projects currently at the delivery stage or in construction, all remaining RYR-originated projects, including the Darlington to Weardale line, are now being considered as part of preparations for the Spending Review. Ministers have been clear that not all projects will be able to proceed to delivery due to the challenging financial situation facing the Department.

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