Article: pounds 600m South Wales to London electric rail link revealed; Huge project could take 10 years to finish.

Byline: Tomos Livingstone

A MULTI-MILLION pound upgrade of the rail line between London and South Wales will be announced by Prime Minister Gordon Brown this morning.

The plan to electrify the Great Western line will be announced as Mr Brown brings his ministerial team to Cardiff in the latest of a series of Cabinet away-days.

The plan will see the line between Paddington and Swansea electrified by 2017, cutting 20 minutes off the existing journey time.

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