Written question asked by Lord Watts (Labour) on Friday, 14 November 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 19 November 2003. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Wednesday, 19 November 2003 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the whole of the West Coast Main Line will be fully modernised by 2008; what the estimated journey time is for trains using the West Coast Main Line between London and Glasgow after 2008. - Inc ref to Strategic Rail Authority's West Coast Main Line Strategy' published in June 2003 and fastest journey time of 4 hours 18 minutes.

Answer: Mr. Watts: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether the whole of the West Coast Main Line will be fully modernised by 2008; [139289] (2) what the estimated journey time is for trains using the West Coast Main Line between London and Glasgow after 2008. [139290] Mr. McNulty: The Strategic Rail Authority's "West Coast Main Line Strategy", published in June 2003, envisages that the modernisation of the line will be complete by 2008 when the fastest journey time from London to Glasgow is projected to fall to some four hours 18 minutes.

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