The main line from Exeter to the rest of the country has reopened.
The council said while it supported the government's HS2 announcement it was "vitally important" that the Main Line route was upgraded.
He is targeting the main line between Norfolk, Suffolk, Essex and London.
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President Obama has approved the Southern portion of Keystone XL, but has put off any decision on the main line until after the election.
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Network Rail said the current station at Bromsgrove cannot be developed because there is no space and it is sited directly on the main line.
For me it was a brief train stop on the main line between Glasgow and London or a name on a signpost as you passed it on the A74 dual carriageway south towards the border.
Nottinghamshire County Council has renewed its plea for more investment in the Midland Main Line route after the go-ahead was given to the HS2 line.
They said alternatives were available and urged HS2 bosses to consider constructing the high speed line along the existing West Coast Main Line route via the Warrington station.
"The evaluation concluded that any undergrounding of the main 400kV line cannot be justified on the grounds of cost, technical difficulties and very limited environmental benefits, " its report said.
Network Rail has upgraded power supplies and signalling systems and lengthened 41 platforms at 12 stations on the Midland main line north of London to accommodate the new trains which are nearly 270 yards (250m) long.
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The new route, which will be finalised in 2014 and is due to be built by 2033, will also see the HS2 line link with the West Coast Main Line near Wigan.
The original Helston branch line, which connected the town to main line services to London, was closed in 1964 as part of cuts recommended by Dr Richard Beeching, the chairman of the British Railways Board.
Simon Kirby, who represents Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, said doing so would solve overcrowding problems on the Brighton Main Line.
Passengers who intend to travel on the West Coast Main Line can check the latest information with National Rail Enquiries.
Cornwall was hit by severe flooding in November and December last year, with homes flooded and the main rail line closed.
The main tow line was attached from a towing vessel earlier in the day in preparation for the refloating when ocean conditions were favorable.
At Exeter, Network Rail is using a water-filled tube to act as a dam to protect the main railway line between London Paddington and Penzance from flooding.
The main rail line in the South West of England has reopened between Exeter St Davids and Tiverton after being closed for a week due to flooding.
The main plot line, about the undoing of a candidate, is plausible (just) and the book is good on journalists and the conflict between the lazy, pompous old media and the new media that are hungry, looked down upon and dangerous.
One of three civil servants suspended over flaws in the West Coast Main Line franchise competition has criticised the Department for Transport.
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President John Clayton is concerned Virgin's franchise for the West Coast Main Line is only temporary and said the Department of Transport must not look for a "quick fix".
What the Department for Transport appears to have got chronically wrong in the case of the West Coast Main Line franchise is its assessment of the risk that attaches to projections by bidders of revenues in the latter years of the 15-year franchise.
Two cracks discovered on the East Coast Main Line are being investigated by independent safety experts at the Rail Accident Investigation Branch (RAIB).
The mistakes came to light after rival bidder Virgin Trains, which has run the West Coast Main Line since 1997, launched a legal challenge against the decision.
The West Coast Main Line route serves 31 million passengers a year travelling between London, the West Midlands, the North West, North Wales and the central belt of Scotland.
Plans for the high speed project currently involve constructing a new line closer to Manchester than the existing West Coast Main Line.
In addition to the scores of restaurants that line the main thoroughfare, ranging from Iraqi food to flavoured tobacco shisha to Haagen Daaz ice cream, the area is a functioning market.
The decision to award the West Coast Main Line rail franchise to FirstGroup was scrapped because of "technical flaws" in the bidding process.
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