BIG RAILWAY PLAN
RECONSTRUCTION AND EXPANSION. '' !J A f; LOAN OF £30,000,000. jUnited Press Association —Copyright) i j .. . : LONDON, November 3. .?;■ The big scheme for railway development works extending over five years, ■ 'and costing -about £30,000,000 foi which 1 a loan guaranteed by the Exchequer is to be raised has been agiced upon after prolonged negotiations , between the Government and the four " main line railway companies. . The grant of the necessary powers ..by. Parliament is awaited only before this- programme of expansion and reconstruction is put in hand. In addition to reconstruction and the enlarging of many important stations and goods yards, the building of rolling " stock, and the laying of new branch and loop lines, the proposed works include the extension of automatic train Ci'cohtrol,; the installation of coloured light signalling and other safety Precautions, and big schemes for eleetuncation. When -completed, electrical services from London, which already run to Brighton and Eastbourne, will extend to Portsmouth, Arundel and Hastings.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 56, Issue 22, 7 November 1935, Page 10
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