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CHRISTIAN WOLMAR
Transport Correspondent
Nearly all rail electrification schemes have been shelved for the next 10 years and rail replacement programmes have been cut back drastically under investment plans for the privatised railway, Labour claimed today.
An analysis of Railtrack's 10-year investment plan published earlier this week makes no mention of most important electrification schemes.
The only new electrification which Railtrack is planning is the Heathrow Express London Paddington to Heathrow scheme and part of the cross-London Crossrail which has been delayed by parliamentary opposition.
Railtrack's 10-year programme of investing at least pounds 1bn a year was criticised by opposition politicians for being...