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Labour Manifesto: key transport pledges

16 April 2010

 

As the Government of the day, few of Labour’s manifesto commitments will come as a complete surprise.

Rail features prominently in the plans. The party pledges to electrify rail lines, “including” the Great Western Main Line from London to South Wales (no specific mention is made of previous pledges to electrify lines to Oxford, Newbury or in the north-west of England).

“We will complete the new east-west Crossrail line in London,” the party adds.

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