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Railways: Electrification

Asked by Wendy MortonConservativeDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 21 July 2025UIN 68444

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2025 to Question 65283 on Railways: Electrification, how many miles of electrification will be delivered from that funding in each of those three years.

Answered by Simon Lightwood

The Department does not hold estimates for how much electrification will be delivered on a yearly basis, as the rate of delivery can vary as projects progress and proposals are finalised in the development stage.

Network Rail publishes yearly statistics for electrification delivered annually in Great Britain as part of their annual return. These returns can be found here: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/who-we-are/publications-and-resources/regulatory-and-licensing/annual-return/

Electrification delivery over the course of the coming three years will be published here in the normal way.

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