Cherwell Valley Railway Line: Electrification

(asked on 9th January 2019) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 7 September to Question 167383 on Cherwell Valley Railway Line: Electrification, when he expects the publication of the timetable for a decision to be made on the future electrification of the railway line between Oxford and Didcot Parkway.


Answered by
Andrew Jones Portrait
Andrew Jones
This question was answered on 17th January 2019

The scheme referred to is currently under consideration as part of Network Rail’s Control Period 6 portfolio.

As the National Audit Office have said, it is right to continually assess the investment decisions in our programme of railway upgrades, to deliver passenger benefits in the best way possible and give both passengers and taxpayers maximum value.

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