Sentence examples for existing rail was from inspiring English sources

Once they were destroyed, the existing rail was removed in sections.

The ACE held that a new highway was not needed and improving the existing rail service was a prudent and feasible option.

The chancellor said the plan could cost up to £7bn - but could be cheaper if existing rail lines were updated.

"One of the problems that we have with the existing rail bridge is that we do not have a window with sufficient time to cross into Mexico," said Pete Sepulveda, the Cameron County administrator, referring to the time when rail traffic does not intrude on vehicular and pedestrian traffic in urban areas.

The rest has helped upgrade existing rail lines, which are usually shared with freight trains and where speeds are capped at 110 miles per hour.

The transport secretary also rejected suggestions the existing rail and road network were being "starved" of investment to fund big projects, citing improvements to Reading, Nottingham and Manchester stations and the building of new motorway lanes.

"It is also quite legitimate to require first the improvement and the upgrading of the existing rail network that is in terrible condition".

A Department for Transport spokeswoman said: "We need to build HS2 to free up valuable space for passengers and freight because without it, our existing rail network will be full by the mid-2020s at a cost to passengers and businesses up and down country.

Without HS2, he said, "our existing rail network will be full by the mid-2020s at a cost to passengers and businesses up and down country".

He argued that simply renovating existing rail lines that were "creaking at the seams" would cause "chaos".

Network Rail spokesman Gary Gaskarth said that while there was "nothing wrong" with the existing rail service at Wokingham, the upgrade was about "providing facilities that are better suited to modern passengers".