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Great Western Main Line

Asked by Seamus LoganScottish National PartyDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 22 April 2025UIN 44835

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what her Department's original budget for the Great Western Railway modernisation project was; how much her Department has spent since that project started; and what the estimated final cost is in (a) real and

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Great Western Route Modernisation Programme was estimated to cost £2,967m at the time of the 2015 Business Case. The outturn cost for the Programme in 2021/22 was £3,863m.

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