Department for Transport written question – answered at on 23 October 2023.
James Daly
Conservative, Bury North
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, which rail lines have been fully electrified since 1997; of those, how many miles were electrified; which rail lines are in the process being electrified as of October 2023; and of those, how many miles are being electrified.
Huw Merriman
Minister of State (Department for Transport)
From 1997/98 to 2009/10, around 63 miles of track were electrified in Great Britain (this figure excludes around 7 miles of an electrical format conversion on the North London Line).
From 2010/11 to 2022/23, around 1265 miles of track have been electrified.
Major projects since 2010 have included the North-West Electrification programme and the Great Western Electrification Programme.
A number of electrification projects are currently underway, this includes the Midland Main Line (MML), the TransPennine Route Upgrade (TRU) and Wigan to Bolton Electrification. As of October 2023, 31.3 miles has been electrified on the MML between Bedford and Corby, with 22.4 miles from Kettering to Wigston due to be complete between 2023 and 2024. TRU is expected to be complete by 2028, with 70 miles of line being electrified between Manchester Victoria and York, alongside two subprojects between Church Fenton and York and Manchester Victoria to Stalybridge which amount to approximately 18 miles.
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