HANSARDCommons17 Sept 20205 contributions

Connecting Towns to the Rail Network

Mark Logan (Bolton North East) (Con)
What steps his Department is taking to connect more towns to the railway network.
The Minister of State, Department for Transport (Andrew Stephenson)
ConservativePendle
The Government have pledged £500 million to start reopening lines and stations to reconnect smaller communities that no longer have a station.
Mark Logan
Is it not about time that Londoners had a direct train line into Bolton?
Andrew Stephenson
ConservativePendle
Improving services to the north-west of England, including Bolton, while balancing the capacity and performance impacts on passengers, remains under constant review.