Written question asked by Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 16 July 2002, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 15 October 2002. It was answered by David Jamieson (Labour) on Tuesday, 15 October 2002 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, If he will make a statement on investment in respect of the Norwich to Liverpool Street railway line.

Answer: Norman Lamb: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make a statement on investment in respect of the Norwich to Liverpool Street railway line. [71436] Mr. Jamieson: The Strategic Rail Authority is creating a new ``Greater Anglia'' franchise, through which it will consider ways of improving performance and replacing rolling stock on the Norwich-London route. The infrastructure on the route is currently affected by a backlog of renewals work and the SRA is considering options for addressing this.

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