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East West Rail Line: Electrification

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed discontinuous electrification of East West Rail on (a) capital costs and (b) operating costs of the railway.

answeredDepartment for Transport

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Answering body
Department for Transport
Tabled
12 Feb 2025
Target answer date
24 Feb 2025
Answer
26 Feb 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the proposed discontinuous electrification of East West Rail on (a) capital costs and (b) operating costs of the railway.

  2. 24 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 26 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    The cost of discontinuous electrification is already included in the publicised capital cost range of the project and the option of full electrification is still under consideration. However, electrification (discontinuous or full) is expected to signific...

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