Birmingham-Shrewsbury Railway Line: Electrification

(asked on 8th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potential economic benefits of the electrification of the Shrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham line.


Answered by
Chris Heaton-Harris Portrait
Chris Heaton-Harris
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
This question was answered on 14th December 2021

Midlands Connect prepared a strategic review of options for the Shrewsbury-Black Country-Birmingham line in ‘Rails to Recovery: Building Back Stronger’ which was published in June and included the potential economic benefits of electrification.

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