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Backing promised for new rail routes and stations

BOTH the Department for Transport and Network Rail have announced plans to encourage investment in new non-Government funded rail projects.

One of the first to benefit will be the proposed southern rail link to Heathrow Airport. A company called Heathrow Southern Railway Limited

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