RISHI Sunak faces a new Tory mutiny as cash to reopen railways shut in the 1960s is set to be cut back in favour of new buses.
Transport Secretary Mark Harper is considering slashing the £500million set aside to reverse the Beeching cuts to dozens of lines.
Rishi Sunak is considering diverting funds assigned to restoring defunct railway lines
HOAR on Sunday understands he wants to prioritise new roads and bus routes, but the Treasury will not hand him extra cash.
Sources close to Chancellor Jeremy Hunt said officials were told the cash could come from a £2billion cycling and walking route pot.
Mr Hunt believes some Beeching reversals — a manifesto commitment — should go ahead.
One former cabinet minister said: “We know they are expensive but they were promised to the nation.”
The Department of Transport said it would not comment on “financial speculation”.
