Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 41688

Locomotives: Electrification

Tabled: 26 March 2025
Answered: 1 April 2025
Named Day

Question

Noah Law

LabourSt Austell and Newquay

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to (a) support the development of battery-electrified trains and (b) ensure that those trains are made using British critical minerals.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
The Government is supporting the development of battery-electric trains as they are an integral part of the plan to decarbonise the railway network by 2050. This includes innovative projects such as the Greenford fast-charge battery train trial, a recent ...

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