Railways: Cardiff Valley Lines

Baroness Morgan of Ely Excerpts

Monday 28th March 2011 Lords Chamber

[Earl Attlee]

My Lords, yes.

[Baroness Morgan of Ely]

My Lords, will the Minister explain this business about being “under review”, what the timetable of the review of the electrification of the line from Cardiff to Swansea would be and why he has not done a complete business case on electrifying that line?

[Earl Attlee]

My Lords, there are numerous possible electrification schemes and we have to go for those that offer the best business case. At the moment, there is not a good business case for electrifying the line all the way to Swansea; there are much more attractive schemes elsewhere. We cannot do everything all at once.