Proceeding contribution from Geoffrey Hoon (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 February 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on New Trains (Investment).
New Trains (Investment)
My hon. Friend makes an extremely good point about testing. Providing space on the network for the kind of high-speed running that is required to test new vehicles is an issue when our existing network is so busy, so I will certainly look at his suggestion.
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- 487 c1537;487 c1535
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- 2008-09
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- Contracts Barclays Investment High speed trains Job creation East Coast main line Manufacturing industries Procurement Railways Railway network Electrification Rolling stock Bombardier Transportation John Laing Thameslink line National Express East Anglia Hitachi Great Western main line Midland main line West Anglia main line
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