Railways: Electrification

(asked on 13th October 2023) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many kilometres of rail has been electrified in each year since 2021.


Answered by
Huw Merriman Portrait
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
This question was answered on 23rd October 2023

Data on rail electrification from 2020/21 to 2022/23 is available here:

https://view.officeapps.live.com/op/view.aspx?src=https%3A%2F%2Fdataportal.orr.gov.uk%2Fmedia%2F1528%2Ftable-6320-infrastructure-on-the-mainline.ods&wdOrigin=BROWSELINK

Data for March 2023 to March 2024 will be released by the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) in October 2024.

Current electrification projects underway include the Midland Main Line (MML), the TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU), and Wigan to Bolton Electrification. As of October 2023, the MML has seen 50.4 kilometres of line electrified between Bedford and Corby, with an additional 36 kilometres are due to be complete in 2023/24. TRU will see an additional 70 miles due to be electrified by 2028, with approximately 18 miles between Church Fenton and York, and Manchester Victoria and Stalybridge, due to be completed by the end of 2024.

From 1997/98 to 2009/10, around 63 miles of track were electrified in Great Britain (this figure excludes around 7 miles of an electrical format conversion on the North London Line).

From 2010/11 to 2022/23, around 1265 miles of track have been electrified.

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