![]() ![]() ![]() The then-Permanent Secretary at DfT recommended the project be stopped but his recommendation was not accepted by the Minister who asked Network Rail to meet the shortfall.ĭfT and Network Rail expect the project to cost 401% of its original budget. However by November 2014 the cost had increased to £44.9 million, and in June 2016 Network Rail reported that forecast costs had risen by a further £25 million. In May 2012 Department for Transport (DfT) authorised £15million to make modifications to the national rail network to accommodate the new scheme. Ideally, similar schemes could roll out to other cities. The Sheffield-Rotherham tram-train scheme was a pilot to test whether public transport that worked on tramlines and national rail lines was possible. A project to provide the UK’s first transport network that uses both street trams and the national rail network has more than quadrupled in price to £75.1million, according to a National Audit Office investigation. ![]()
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