Written question asked by Patsy Calton (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 5 January 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 January 2004. It was answered by Tony McNulty (Labour) on Monday, 12 January 2004 on behalf of the Department for Transport.

Dept for Transport

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how much has been spent on (a) maintenance and (b) upgrade of the West Coast Main Line in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the expenditure was in each case.

Answer: Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on (a) maintenance and (b) upgrade of the West Coast Main Line in each year since 1997; and what the purpose of the expenditure was in each case. [146570] Mr. McNulty: Annual expenditure on the maintenance and upgrade of the West Coast Main Line is as follows: £ million _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Maintenance Upgrade programme Total 1997-98 117 126 243 1998-99 118 170 288 1999-2000 115 313 428 2000-01 118 687 805 2001-02 123 781 904 2002-03 126 970 1,096 2003-04 126 1,536 1,662 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The maintenance expenditure in the table is defined as that required to keep the existing railway infrastructure assets operational. Upgrade programme expenditure relates to a range of activities intended to renew existing life-expired assets, and delivery of the associated enhancement works needed to increase line speeds and route capacity.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 146570; 416 c554W;416 c553W
Session: 2003-04
Subjects: Expenditure Railways Modernisation Repairs and maintenance West Coast main line
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk