Question follow-through · 74601
Midland Main Line: Electrification
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69372 on Midland Main Line: Electrification, what is her Department's estimate of the cost of completing electrification of the Midland Main Line to Notting
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- Answering body
- Department for Transport
- Tabled
- 2 Sept 2025
- Target answer date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Answer
- 8 Sept 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
2 Sept 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, further to the Answer of 1 September 2025 to Question 69372 on Midland Main Line: Electrification, what is her Department's estimate of the cost of completing electrification of the Midland Main Line to Notting
8 Sept 2025
Target answer date
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8 Sept 2025
Answer published
The Department’s most recent estimate to electrify the Midland Main Line to Nottingham and Sheffield was c. £1.5 billion, however, before the decision to pause the programme was confirmed, work was being undertaken by Network Rail to update their cost est...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
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