Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 28174

Railways: Dawlish

Tabled: 3 February 2025
Answered: 11 February 2025

Question

Steve Darling

Liberal DemocratTorbay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of recent disruption on the Dawlish rail line on the local economy of Torbay.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government has invested £165 million into the South West Rail Resilience Programme to build resilience around Dawlish, which has seen much improved performance. There has, however, been some disruption on the line through Dawlish in recent months with...

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