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date	18/02/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Midland Main Line: Electrification
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will extend the electrification of the Midland Main line to Market Harborough.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	222764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>Network Rail has been instructed to design an extension of electrification infrastructure from Kettering to Market Harborough station, as part of the Midland Main Line enhancements programme.</p><p> </p><p>The Overhead Line Equipment (OLE) extension to Market Harborough will enable a new connection to a power supply at Braybrooke. At Outline Business Case stage in March 2018 this was determined to be the best value for money option for making the power supply connection. In line with normal practice, this will be tested again when the overall Midland Main Line programme Key Output 1a, of which Market Harborough electrification is a constituent part, is assessed at Full Business Case stage.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 26/02/2019 16:49:31 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

982654

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Railway Stations: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which stations on the national rail network have had new canopies installed on their platforms in the last five years; and what the cost was of each of those new canopies.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	176684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>This an operational matter for Network Rail; the Department for Transport does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 16/10/2018 10:29:59 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien

809708

registered interest
date	19/12/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Midland Main Line
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse for planned upgrades to the Midland Main Line; and what the planned upgrades are which will be undertaken to improve capacity and speed on that line.
tabling member constituency	Harborough
tabling member printed	Neil O'Brien
uin	120328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2017 answer text <p>We are investing over £1 billion in the biggest upgrade to the Midland Main Line since it was completed in 1870. It will deliver improved long distance passenger services between Sheffield, Nottingham and London, as well as a new dedicated service between Corby, Kettering and London. There will be more seats and faster intercity journeys during the peak.</p><p> </p><p>Upgrades to improve capacity and line speed include:</p><ul><li>Remodelling of Derby station to improve journey times for freight and passenger services</li><li>Platform lengthening at Market Harborough to improve capacity</li><li>Leicester South Junction remodelled to improve journey times</li><li>Line speed improvements through Market Harborough to improve journey times</li><li>Line speed improvements north of Derby to improve journey times</li><li>Corby track re-doubling and four-tracking south of Kettering to increase capacity and create a sixth path into London St Pancras</li><li>These and other upgrades enable a new, dedicated express service between Kettering, Corby and London St Pancras with modern trains and more seats from 2020, as well as a fleet of brand new bi-mode trains for intercity services from 2022.</li></ul><p> </p> answering member constituency Blackpool North and Cleveleys answering member printed Paul Maynard question first answered 21/12/2017 11:48:41 answering member 3926 label Biography information for Paul Maynard
tabling member	4679 label Biography information for Neil O'Brien