cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/10505323

The UK government has given “a cast-iron commitment” that the electrification of the north Wales main rail line will happen.

Welsh Secretary David TC Davies said the full business case is still to be done but the line will be built.

Welsh ministers dismissed the £1bn cost announced as a “back of a fag packet figure” and a transport expert has put the cost at about £1.5bn or more.