Department for Transport written question – answered at on 21 November 2018.
Ranil Jayawardena
Conservative, North East Hampshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2018 to Question 904102, when his Department plans to review the need for the electrification of the Reading to Basingstoke line.
Andrew Jones
Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Transport)
There are currently no plans for a review by the Department of the need for electrification of the Reading to Basingstoke line. As previously stated in the Answer of 1 March 2018, a feasibility assessment identified that electrification of this line is not required to deliver improvements to passengers.
Yes7 people think so
No4 people think not
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