Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to electrify the Lakes Line between Oxenholme and Windermere.

A decision on whether to proceed with developing the next phase of a potential battery electric traction scheme is currently under consideration.

It should also be noted that the local stakeholder priority is for a passing loop to enable a two-trains per hour service using the current new build rolling stock rather than either battery trains or electrification with the current service pattern.