I warmly welcome the proposal to invest £425 million in Reading station, but will my right hon. Friend please make sure that the beneficiaries of that investment are not just passengers who live to the west of Reading, but those on the inner commuter lines of First Great Western? In my constituency, for example, three years ago there were 10 fast trains to Paddington during the morning peak; now there are four.
Sustainable Railways
Proceeding contribution from
Fiona Mactaggart
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 July 2007.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Sustainable Railways.
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