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Railways: Optical Fibres

Asked by Alex MayerLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 7 July 2025UIN 63453

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, with reference to her Department's press notice entitled On track and online: landmark deal to end mobile dead zones, published 26 June 2025, if she will publish the location of the rail lines due to get improved coverage with 1,000 of ultra fast fibre optic cable.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

New high-count 432 fibre

Routes

KMs

London Kings Cross to Newcastle

432

Birmingham New Street to Stoke-on-Trent to Manchester Deansgate

133

London Marylebone to Birmingham Moor Street (via Chilterns)

177

London Paddington to Bristol Parkway to Cardiff

235

Other routes - Great Western Route

26

Total Km

1003

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