The Marquess of Lothian
Conservative
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which rural railway lines closed in the 1960s they would now favour reopening.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport), Parliamentary Under-Secretary
In line with the Government’s devolution agenda, it is for local transport authorities to consider in the first instance whether the re-opening of a closed railway line is the best way to meet local transport needs and, if so, whether they would wish to prioritise any such re-opening in bidding for funding from the Government’s Local Growth Fund.
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