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Railways: Midlands

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the Midlands Rail Hub contributes to economic growth in rural areas in Shropshire.

answeredHelen MorganDepartment for Transport

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Answering body: Department for Transport
Tabled: 25 Jun 2025
Target answer date: 30 Jun 2025
Answer: 3 Jul 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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25 Jun 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to help ensure that the Midlands Rail Hub contributes to economic growth in rural areas in Shropshire.
30 Jun 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
3 Jul 2025
Answer published
Midlands Rail Hub will kickstart economic growth and break down barriers to opportunity, by upgrading connectivity and reliability – with benefits across the country. This means providing capacity for hundreds of extra trains per day into central Birmingh...

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