§ Lord Lairdasked Her Majesty's Government:
Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton on 2 May (WA 172), that no proposal to carry freight on the Belfast to Londonderry railway line has been made, what was the purpose of a report into building a freight spur into the new port outside Londonderry. [HL2690]
§ Lord Falconer of ThorotonIn 1993 the Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners examined the financial and operational feasibility of constructing a railhead at the port at Lisahally. However the infrastructure work that would have been required to provide a rail spur to the port made the costs of the option prohibitive.