Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 68652

East West Rail Line

Tabled: 16 July 2025
Answered: 24 July 2025

Question

David Chadwick

Liberal DemocratBrecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what date the decision was taken to re-classify East-West Rail as an England and Wales project.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
As rail infrastructure projects have not been devolved to Wales the categorisation of these projects is in line with wider devolution policy managed by Treasury. Every Government funded rail project in Wales or England are always categorised as England an...

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