Quote from Derbyshire Live:
"Electrification of the Midland Main Line could be back on again, according to (Prime Minister, Boris Johnston.)
He was speaking during a visit to luxury knitwear company John Smedley, (in Lea Bridge, near Matlock), on Thursday afternoon and was reacting to an accusation that the East Midlands was being neglected in future plans for improved infrastructure.
The £1.1 billion plan for electrification of 70 miles of railway between Kettering and Chesterfield was scrapped by Theresa May's government in 2017.
It would have seen the line electrified through to Sheffield.
Even though bi-mode trains, which switch from diesel to electric mid-journey, are reported to be on order, Mr Johnson said on Thursday: "We should bring electrification of Midland Mainline back and do the whole line through to Sheffield.
"It is also the right thing for the environment for passengers and commuters. We are also committed to reversing some of the cuts that Beeching instigated in the 1960s and will reinstate some lines that were lost then."
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Mr Johnson said that several electrification projects across the country had been cut by then Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne and added: "I am going to bring it back and get it done. I believe there are ways in which funding for long-term projects can be found which don't lift borrowing costs."
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