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Transport Secretary Grant Shapps
RAIL unions have attacked Tory PR spin after the government decided to reverse the closures of historic train stations with a measly £500 million fund.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps visited Fleetwood today with a pledge to put £100,000 worth of the fund toward a feasibility study into reopening the line linking the Lancashire town to Poulton-le-Fylde.
The line was shut in 1970 as part of the Beeching closures.
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