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<p>A proposal for a new facility in Bescot is being developed by Network Rail to produce
the sleepers necessary for them to maintain, renew, and enhance our rail network.
The facility is intended to make up the shortfall when an existing facility at Washwood
Heath is closed to become an HS2 depot.</p><p> </p><p>The Network Rail facility at
Doncaster is not capable of being extended to increase capacity. The facility itself
is entirely surrounded by adjacent development, railway lines, railway depots, housing
and roads. It is operating at full capacity and only able to deliver production of
400,000 sleepers each year.</p><p> </p><p>Additionally, Network Rail require a geographically
separate, second facility to avoid the supply chain risk of a single point of failure,
should anything prevent production at a facility.</p>
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