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Mr. Channon
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to reply to the proposals from British Rail for the modernisation of the London, Tilbury and Southend line.
Mr. Freeman
BR will shortly go out to tender for the design of the £50 million re-signalling scheme. This should improve reliability on this route significantly. Discussions on the rolling stock proposals are continuing and we hope to reach a conclusion shortly.