Question follow-through · 41688
Locomotives: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to (a) support the development of battery-electrified trains and (b) ensure that those trains are made using British critical minerals.
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 26 Mar 2025
- Target answer date
- 1 Apr 2025
- Answer
- 1 Apr 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
26 Mar 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps she is taking to (a) support the development of battery-electrified trains and (b) ensure that those trains are made using British critical minerals.
1 Apr 2025
Target answer date
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1 Apr 2025
Answer published
The Government is supporting the development of battery-electric trains as they are an integral part of the plan to decarbonise the railway network by 2050. This includes innovative projects such as the Greenford fast-charge battery train trial, a recent ...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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