(23 Jan 2021, 11:05 am)Michael wrote Transport Secretary announces £34m investment for work to re-establish rail line between Ashington and Newcastle


https://www.itv.com/news/tyne-tees/2021-...-newcastle

£34m for the line in the NE, £760m for the one in the south. 

As far as I'm aware the funding to get the Ashington to Newcastle line open again won't stretch to electrification either? (Please correct me if I'm wrong here mind). Which is horrendous for something opening in the 2020s, in Boris' "green and sustainable recovery from Covid-19" - https://twitter.com/BorisJohnson/status/...65699?s=20.