Railways: Electrification — Written Question

Question

Olly Glover

Liberal Democrat — Didcot and Wantage

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether she has made a comparative assessment of the whole-life costs of (a) full and (b) partial railway electrification taking into account (i) infrastructure and (ii) rolling stock including (A) fully electr

Answer

Lilian Greenwood

The department is working closely with Network Rail to develop updated plans for where and when electrification is required to deliver a fully decarbonised railway, that considers both track and train, as well as the recent development of battery technolo...

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