Leaders claim upgrading the route would be boost projects such as the Island Quarter and Broad Marsh
Calls are being made for a key rail route running through Nottingham to be upgraded following the "bitter blow" of HS2 being scrapped. The Midland Mainline carries 3.75 million passenger journeys a year between Chesterfield, Derby, Nottingham, Leicester and London.
Chris Hobson, Director of Policy and Insight at the East Midlands Chamber, said: "We cannot cancel our way to economic growth and we want to see government end years of uncertainty by committing to electrify the last leg of the Midland Mainline now. In the space of the last seven years, this project has been paused, cancelled and then revived. It needs to be delivered quickly.
"It would be a big boost for the ongoing regeneration of Nottingham, particularly the Southside area close to the train station which includes the Broad Marsh redevelopment and Island Quarter, two of the largest and most significant city centre projects anywhere in the UK. Electrification is also vital helping to reduce carbon emissions as part of Nottingham's carbon neutral ambitions and harmful high emission levels from diesel trains waiting at the station.
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