£47 million spent on deferred sections of Great Western modernisation

Network Rail Chief Executive Mark Carne told the Public Accounts Committee that “around £47 million” has been spent on works on the Great Western Main Line where electrification has been deferred. He added that the total incremental cost of the deferred works is “around £160m”.

• A full, in-depth report appears in RAIL 817, published on January 4,