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Railways in Parliament

New sleeper plant

WEST Bromwich East MP Tom Watson asked whether Network Rail’s sleeper factory at Doncaster could meet the shortfall in production capacity because of the imminent closure of Network Rail’s sleeper factory at Washwood Heath, Birmingham.

Transport Minister Andrew Jones said: “A proposal for a

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