§ 26. Mr. Colin Shepherdasked the Minister of Transport what railway track mileage will be electrified in 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984 and 1985, respectively.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke5,900 single track miles are presently electrified. The board's current investment proposals include projects to electrify a further 650 miles, though only about 300 of these miles would be completed by the end of 1984. It is not possible to estimate precisely how many miles will be completed in each year.
Apart from this, the joint Government/ British Rail study of the case for a main line electrification programme is evaluating three options which would electrify a further 2,430 to 7,480 track miles by between the years 1995 and 2010.