Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 53396

North Wales Coast Line: Electrification

Tabled: 19 May 2025
Answered: 22 May 2025
Named Day

Question

David Chadwick

Liberal DemocratBrecon, Radnor and Cwm Tawe

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.

Answer

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 refresh...

This is an extract from the Parliament API. Search the full answer on Parliament.uk (UIN 53396) →