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registered interest false more like this
date less than 2019-01-07more like thismore than 2019-01-07
answering body
Department for Transport remove filter
answering dept id 27 more like this
answering dept short name Transport more like this
answering dept sort name Transport more like this
hansard heading West of England Line more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
25277
pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the stretches of single track railway between Waterloo and Exeter on the movement of passengers and freight on that line. more like this
tabling member printed
Lord Patten more like this
uin HL12568 more like this
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2019-01-16more like thismore than 2019-01-16
answer text <p>Network Rail’s 2015 Wessex Route Study identified the single track sections on the route between Salisbury and Exeter and platform capacity at Salisbury as some of the factors constraining journey times, increasing the number of services and overall line resilience between Exeter and Waterloo.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Route Study concluded that the forecast levels of growth between Salisbury and Exeter did not warrant inclusion of additional sections of double track as a priority in the next Control Period (CP6).</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Sugg more like this
question first answered
less than 2019-01-16T12:41:45.19Zmore like thismore than 2019-01-16T12:41:45.19Z
answering member
4584
label Biography information for Baroness Sugg more like this
tabling member
1137
label Biography information for Lord Patten more like this