Proceeding contribution from David Howarth (Liberal Democrat) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 12 February 2009. It occurred during Ministerial statement on New Trains (Investment).
New Trains (Investment)
For those of us who are daily commuters by train, any announcement of new investment in the railways is very welcome. However, the lack of capacity in the British train manufacturing industry and the lack of rolling stock are problems right now. Will what the Secretary of State has announced bring to an end the constant delays in securing new rolling stock, which have prevented important improvements in services throughout the whole country, and especially on the absurdly overcrowded trains that I use every day between Cambridge and King's Cross?
Secondary information
- Type
- Proceeding contribution
- Reference
- 487 c1542;487 c1540
- Session
- 2008-09
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- 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
- Link
- View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk
Librarians' tools
- Timestamp
- 2024-04-21 09:49:31 +0100
- URI
- http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_529930
- In Indexing
- http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_529930
- In Solr
- https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_529930