Government to invest £8bn in railways [New Statesman]
Date: 24/11/2010
Ministers plan to go ahead with the Thameslink programme and add 2,000 new carriages.
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New Statesman
Rail network to get 2,000 carriages by 2019 to ease overcrowding
Guardian
The transport secretary, Philip Hammond, confirms investment in Thameslink but pares back electrification programme
DfT statement
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