Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 55600
East West Rail Line: Iron and Steel
Tabled: 30 May 2025
Answered: 9 June 2025
Question
Alex Mayer
Labour — Dunstable and Leighton Buzzard
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate her Department has made of the volume of British-produced steel used in the construction of the East West Rail project from Bletchley to Oxford; and what estimate she has made of the volume requir
Answer
Simon LightwoodAll rail used in the build of Connection Stage 1 (Oxford to Milton Keynes) was British Steel supplied via Network Rail SCO operations, which amounts to just under 4,100 tonnes. There would also have been a small additional amount used in built structures ...
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