Proceeding contribution from Dan Norris (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 February 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on New Trains (Investment).
New Trains (Investment)
This is a very welcome piece of news, and I am very appreciative. I know that all those who have access to the Great Western line stations will be very pleased indeed. They will not care who heard what when; they will just be pleased to hear this news. The improvements in reliability will be important to those who regularly use the railways in my region, as will the reductions in the duration of their journeys. May I, speaking as a geek—a railway person who, rather like my right hon. Friend, sat on railway stations as a schoolboy, in places such as Keynsham and Bristol Temple Meads—ask him whether the top speed on the Great Western network will be increased above the 125 mph limit that it has had for a long time?
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- 487 c1538;487 c1536
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- 2008-09
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- House of Commons chamber
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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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