Midland Main Line electrification to the north ‘not affordable’

East Midlands Railway Class 810 Aurora trainset

UK: Secretary of State for Transport Heidi Alexander says the government’s approach to rail investment ‘will be guided by securing value for taxpayers’ by ‘only supporting projects that are fully costed and affordable’.

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