MPs demand 30-year rail plan to end ‘boom and bust’ investment

MPs have warned that decades of “boom and bust” rail investment are driving up costs and putting jobs at risk, in a stark new Transport Committee report. Despite rail being a core national asset, the committee says volatile, stop–start funding has eroded skills, destabilised suppliers and left only 39% of the network electrified.
 
It calls for a 30‑year Long Term Rail Strategy, a revamped Rail Network Enhancements Pipeline and a rolling stock plan aligned with infrastructure, arguing that Great British Railways is a chance to end damaging investment cycles.
 
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