Question follow-through · 48762
Railways: Somerset
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Strategic Outline Business Case by West Somerset Railway for linking Bishops Lydeard and Taunton.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 28 Apr 2025
- Target answer date
- 30 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 8 May 2025 · 10 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
28 Apr 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of the Strategic Outline Business Case by West Somerset Railway for linking Bishops Lydeard and Taunton.
30 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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8 May 2025
Answer published
The Government believes that local authorities are best placed to decide on, and take forward, transport schemes that will most benefit their local areas. The Department does not currently have any plans to take forward development of Bishops Lydeard and...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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