Railways: Electrification

(asked on 31st October 2018) - View Source

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.


This question was answered on 5th November 2018

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

Reticulating Splines