Written Question
Monday 7th September 2015
Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Independent - Islington North)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what timetable is planned for the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line; what forecast he has made of the cost of that electrification; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Claire Perry
Network Rail proposes to deliver electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line by summer 2017, in time for the new four-car electric trains ordered by TfL to be introduced in 2018. Network Rail is still assessing the detailed cost of the electrification and gauge enhancement scheme between Thameshaven/Tilbury Docks and the Midland Main Line via Barking and Gospel Oak and the forecast cost will be provided to DfT in due course.
Written Question
Thursday 4th June 2015
Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Independent - Islington North)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects work to (a) start and (b) be completed on the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line.
Answered by Claire Perry
Enabling works are due to commence in October 2015, with major on site works due to commence in June 2016. Passenger services on the electrified route are due to be available for use by passenger operators by 30 June 2017.
Written Question
Thursday 4th June 2015
Asked by:
Jeremy Corbyn (Independent - Islington North)
Question
to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding has been allocated to Network Rail for the electrification of the Barking to Gospel Oak line.
Answered by Claire Perry
The Department for Transport and Transport for London have respectively allocated £90m and £25m towards the electrification of the line (2013 prices).
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2015
Transport for London Bill [Lords]
"I have followed from a distance—it is not in my constituency—the goings on in Hammersmith over Earls Court and the development that goes with it. The points raised by the hon. Member for Bradford West (George Galloway) are so important in explaining what has happened there. The campaigners wanted to …..."Jeremy Corbyn - View Speech
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Transport for London Bill [Lords]
"Of running anything actually, but particularly a railroad, as my friend reminds me.
Something else that
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2015
Transport for London Bill [Lords]
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Sub-paragraph (n) refers to
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2015
Transport for London Bill [Lords]
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 16 Mar 2015
Transport for London Bill [Lords]
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Transport for London Bill [Lords]
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Transport for London Bill [Lords]
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