French rail link rejected

2 April 2004

In a parliamentary statement, transport minister Kim Howells said he would not support the Central Railway project, which would have created a 300-mile European-gauge line from Liverpool Docks to Folkestone and five distribution hubs in Rugby, Liverpool, Sheffield, west London and Manchester.

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