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Boost for railways will benefit regions

Councils across England and Wales this week celebrated a £9bn government investment designed to upgrade rail services from 2014.

Councils across England and Wales this week celebrated a £9bn government investment designed to upgrade UK rail services from 2014.

Prime minister David Cameron said the spending plans, announced on 16 July, would result in ‘the biggest modernisation of our railways since the Victorian era'.

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