Richard Holden
Conservative, North West Durham
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of railway was electrification completed in each calendar year since 1997.
Chris Heaton-Harris
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
The Office of Rail and Road publishes information about delivered electrification, the relevant information for Great Britain is shown below.
Financial year | New electrification projects track miles |
1997-98 | 0 |
1998-99 | 0 |
1999-00 | 0 |
2000-01 | 0 |
2001-02 | 0 |
2002-03 | 0 |
2003-04 | 14 |
2004-05 | 24 |
2005-06 | 3 |
2006-07 | 0 |
2007-08 | 0 |
2008-09 | 22 |
2009-10 | 0 |
2010-11 | 66 |
2011-12 | 0 |
2012-13 | 6 |
2013-14 | 38 |
2014-15 | 110 |
2015-16 | 4 |
2016-17 | 0 |
2017-18 | 181 |
2018-19 | 549 |
2019-20 | 156 |
2020-21 | 111 |
This information has been extracted from Table 6320 on the ORR’s data portal published here: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/infrastructure-and-emissions/rail-infrastructure-and-assets/table-6320-infrastructure-on-the-mainline/.
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