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Railways: West Midlands

Commons · Question 87309 · Tabled 3 Nov 2025 · Department for Transport · Official record

Answered 11 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2025 to Question 83840 on Railways: West Midlands, if her Department will explore the use of the Sutton Park freight line for passenger services; and whether its inclusion i

Answer

Answered by Simon Lightwood, 11 Nov 2025

The Department for Transport is not actively exploring this proposal for the Sutton Park freight line, but local authorities, such as West Midlands Combined Authority, are free to develop local proposals for investment using their own devolved transport f...