Engineering Projects: Christmas and New Year

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Transport – in the House of Commons at 9:30 am on 28 January 2016.

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Photo of Patrick McLoughlin Patrick McLoughlin The Secretary of State for Transport 9:30, 28 January 2016

I am more than happy to do that. It is difficult to do these works. We tend to do them over bank holidays, when there is not so much usage on the network. I realise it inconveniences people who want to travel by train, but it is all part of a major and vital upgrade of our rail network.