Oliver Colvile – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Oliver Colvile on 2016-04-25.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the economic benefits of the construction of a second rail line into the South West.

Claire Perry

The reinstatement of the Exeter – Okehampton – Plymouth route and the economic value of re-opening it is being looked at by the Peninsula Rail Task Force (PRTF). They will report to the Secretary of State in July 2016.