HC Deb 20 June 1979 vol 968 cc554-5W
35. Mr. John Home Robertson

asked the Minister of Transport if he will make a statement on the situation on the East coast railway line at Penmanshiel in Berwickshire.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The railway is being restored on a new alignment in open cut to the west of the tunnel which is being abandoned. Good progress is being made and the Railways Board plans to reopen the line on 1 October 1979.

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