Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 29 March 2018 to Question 134595 on Railways: Electrification, what the expected timetable is for introduction of new electric powered trains.
A number of operators currently have orders that are being designed or manufactured and the table below shows when those operators plan to commence the introduction of new electric trains over the coming years.
Operator | Planned Introduction |
TfL Elizabeth Line | Being Introduced |
Great Western | Being Introduced |
Great Northern | Being Introduced |
Northern | Early 2019 |
London North Eastern Railway | Early 2019 |
London Overground | Early 2019 |
TransPennine Express | Summer 2019 |
Greater Anglia | Autumn 2019 |
Hull Trains | Late 2019 |
Merseyrail | Late 2019 |
South Western Railway | Late 2019 |
West Midlands Trains | 2020/2021 |
c2c | Late 2021 |