Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) geographic and (b) track miles of train tracks have been electrified in each year since 1997.
The information requested is provided in the table below, covering England and Wales:
Calendar year in which electrification infrastructure completed and testing completed to make ready for passenger use (Note 1) | Approximate total route miles in the year (Note 2) | Secretary of State for Transport |
1997 | 0 |
|
1998 | 0 |
|
1999 | 0 |
|
2000 | 0 |
|
2001 | 0 |
|
2002 | 0 |
|
2003 | 10 | Alistair Darling |
2004 | 0 |
|
2005 | 0 |
|
2006 | 0 |
|
2007 | 0 |
|
2008 | 0 |
|
2009 | 0 |
|
2010 | 0 |
|
2011 | 0 |
|
2012 | 0 |
|
2013 | 18 | Sir Patrick McLoughlin |
2014 | 0 |
|
2015 | 32 | Sir Patrick McLoughlin |
2016 | 0 |
|
2017 | 42 | Chris Grayling |
2018 | 107 | Chris Grayling |
2019 | 49 | Chris Grayling |
TOTAL | 258 |
|
Note 1 – this date is not necessarily the date when the infrastructure is first used in timetabled passenger service.
Note 2 – the route mileage figures are approximate. The figures are for the ‘traditional’ / existing railway only, so exclude the 67 miles of HS1 completed before 2010.