John Redwood – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by John Redwood on 2016-01-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the outturn cost was of the Reading Station Area Redevelopment project.

Claire Perry

I have been informed by Network Rail that the total cost of the scheme is £895m, including renewals over a wider area and a new train maintenance depot. This is approximately £100m under budget and the station upgrade was also completed a year ahead of schedule.