Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line: Electrification
(asked on 17th December 2015) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Gospel Oak to Barking Line electrification programme includes electrification of that line's freight links.
This question was answered on 5th January 2016
The Gospel Oak–Barking electrification programme includes plans to electrify the freight links. The timing and funding for these links is being reviewed in conjunction with Sir Peter Hendy’s re-plan of Network Rail enhancements and the revised cost estimates of all electrification projects. The main scheme continues to be on target for completion in 2017.