Written Question·Department for Transport·UIN 3308

Railways: West Midlands

Tabled: 30 August 2024
Answered: 9 September 2024

Question

Shaun Davies

LabourTelford

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment her Department has made of the potential economic impact of electrifying the train track from Telford to (a) Wolverhampton and (b) Shrewsbury.

Answer

Simon Lightwood
With an indicative cost of ~£270m, Midlands Connect, the sub-national transport body which researches, develops and progresses transport projects in the Midlands, view electrification of this route as prohibitively expensive. However, they are refreshing ...

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