HC Deb 19 December 2001 vol 377 c541W
Tom Brake

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, Local Government and the Regions what contingency plans his Department and the SRA have made for line closures. [23941]

Mr. Jamieson

[holding answer 18 December 2001]There are statutory procedures prescribed in the Railways Act 1993, as amended by the Transport Act 2000, which must be followed before a full line closure can take place. There are currently no plans to take forward any new closure proposals.