Date: 13/07/2012

David Cameron and Nick Clegg will join forces next week to declare that the government is to embark on the biggest investment in the rail network since the Victorian era as ministers move to demonstrate their commitment to boosting economic growth. In an attempt to show a renewed sense of purpose, after last week's bruising rows over Lords reform, the prime minister and his deputy will announce the electrification of a series of lines and the symbolic reversal of some closures imposed in the 1960s by the Beeching axe.

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Rail network to see 'biggest investment' since the Victorians

Guardian Article

Cameron and Clegg to announce electrifications of lines as part of plans that include £10bn capital investment from2014-19