Railways: England

(asked on 12th April 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2021 to Question 170712, for what reason there was no electrification of railway lines in England in 2012-13.


Answered by
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Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 19th April 2021

Decisions about rail enhancements including electrification reflect issues including value for money, affordability and deliverability. These considerations have meant variation in the amount of electrification delivered over time across the country.

However, 1,110 miles of track in Great Britain were electrified for passenger traffic between 2010 and March 2020, compared to 63 miles between 1997 and 2010.

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