Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of railway was electrification completed in each calendar year since 1997.
The Office of Rail and Road publishes information about delivered electrification, the relevant information for Great Britain is shown below.
Financial year | New electrification projects track miles |
1997-98 | 0 |
1998-99 | 0 |
1999-00 | 0 |
2000-01 | 0 |
2001-02 | 0 |
2002-03 | 0 |
2003-04 | 14 |
2004-05 | 24 |
2005-06 | 3 |
2006-07 | 0 |
2007-08 | 0 |
2008-09 | 22 |
2009-10 | 0 |
2010-11 | 66 |
2011-12 | 0 |
2012-13 | 6 |
2013-14 | 38 |
2014-15 | 110 |
2015-16 | 4 |
2016-17 | 0 |
2017-18 | 181 |
2018-19 | 549 |
2019-20 | 156 |
2020-21 | 111 |
This information has been extracted from Table 6320 on the ORR’s data portal published here: https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/statistics/infrastructure-and-emissions/rail-infrastructure-and-assets/table-6320-infrastructure-on-the-mainline/.