Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 74601

Midland Main Line: Electrification

Tabled: 2 September 2025

Answered: 8 September 2025

Named Day

Question

Neil O'Brien

Conservative — Harborough, Oadby and Wigston

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69372 on Midland Main Line: Electrification, what is her Department's estimate of the cost of completing electrification of the Midland Main Line to Notting

Answer

Simon Lightwood

The Department’s most recent estimate to electrify the Midland Main Line to Nottingham and Sheffield was c. £1.5 billion, however, before the decision to pause the programme was confirmed, work was being undertaken by Network Rail to update their cost est...

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