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2001-02-15 DET-002

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Statement by the Deputy Prime Minister in response to Railtrack's increase in cost estimates for the upgrade of the East Cost Main Line


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Press release


Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Statement by the Deputy Prime Minister in response to Railtrack's increase in cost estimates for the upgrade of the East Cost Main Line


  date 15 February 2001
  source Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions
  type Press release

The Deputy Prime Minister said:

"I view with grave concern the increase in Railtrack's cost estimates for the East Coast Main Line (ECML) announced by the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) today. I have therefore asked the Chairman of the SRA, Sir Alastair Morton, to advise me urgently of the reasons for this, why this information has only become available at this late stage and what the implications are for the ECML refranchising process now taking place."


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