Doubts over £1bn plan to electrify north Wales mainline1 day ago By Gareth Lewis , Political editor, BBC Wales news ShareGetty Images Rishi Sunak was speaking earlier at the Welsh Conservatives manifesto launchThere are doubts over the £1bn plan to electrify the north Wales mainline because it has not had funding agreed or an official go ahead from the UK government. BBC Wales has also seen a copy of a letter from Network Rail to Alun Davies, the Labour Senedd member for Blaenau Gwent. "Following the Network North announcement in October, we have no received any funding nor been formally remitted to carry out any development work". However he did say Network Rail had begun to "explore" its early thinking, produced a "well-received position paper which outlined our thoughts". Responding to a question from BBC Wales over why a remit letter had not been sent, Mr Sunak said: "We're really excited to deliver the north Wales electrification.

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