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North Wales Coast Line: Electrification

Asked by David ChadwickLiberal DemocratDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 22 May 2025UIN 53396

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate she has made of the total cost of the electrification of the North Wales mainline.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

The government has not made any recent estimate of the cost of electrification of the North Wales Mainline. It is more than ten years since Network Rail were last asked to consider the electrification of this line. That work would need to be fully refreshed, taking account of current electrification technologies.

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