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Railways: Optical Fibres

Asked by Navendu MishraLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 9 July 2025UIN 64122

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make it her policy to extend Project Reach to Stockport railway station.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The tranche 1 fibre commitment for Project Reach of 1000km includes the rail route Manchester–Crewe–Stafford which runs via Stockport.

Stockport station is not currently included in the initial list of 12 NR managed stations identified for improvements to mobile coverage. However, there could be scope to include this as part of the flexible interventions once the priority stations and tunnels have been delivered.

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