Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many additional miles of rail track his Department expects to be electrified in (a) 2023, (b) 2024 and (c) 2025.

The figures in the table below provided by Network Rail set out how many additional miles of rail track the UK government (not devolved administrations) expects to electrify in 2023, 2024 and 2025. These figures are approximate and subject to change.

These figures relate only to electrification that will be completed and operational during the years requested. Any figures for electrification that is expected to be completed but not operational during the requested years has not been included.

There is a pipeline of schemes across the country where sustained work is underway which will be reported in the years to come. Since 2010, more than 1,200 miles of electrification has been delivered in Great Britain, including almost 800 miles in England and Wales in the last six years, making up for years of underinvestment in electrification. As well as continuing to electrify existing lines and exploring alternative forms of traction including hydrogen, the Government is also investing in new electrified lines as part of the £96bn Integrated Rail Plan, with work already well underway on HS2 from Euston to Manchester.