Question follow-through · 36282
Great Western Main Line: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the electrification of the line between Bristol and Chippenham.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 6 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 10 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 14 Mar 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
6 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress her Department has made on the electrification of the line between Bristol and Chippenham.
10 Mar 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
14 Mar 2025
Answer published
Passengers using the line between Bristol Temple Meads and Chippenham are benefiting from the bi-mode rolling stock introduced in 2019 as part of the Great Western Route Modernisation programme. These trains are delivering faster and more reliable end to ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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