§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many (a) miles of track and (b) railway junctions in Scotland are controlled by (i) colour light signal systems, (ii) radio-electronic token signals and (iii) mechanical semaphore signals. [108652]
§ Mr. Hill1,497 miles of track in Scotland are controlled by coloured lights systems, 400 miles by Radio Electronic Token Block Signalling and 700 miles by mechanical semaphore signalling. An equivalent figure for railway junctions cannot be given as it is dependent on the definition used.
§ Mr. SwinneyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions what is the track mileage in Scotland which has electronic train protection, broken down by mileage of the system used; and how many (a) miles of track and (b) junctions in Scotland are not covered by electric or electronic train protection. [108653]
§ Mr. Hill2,454 miles of track in Scotland are protected by the Automatic Warning System (AWS). 143 miles of track on the Ayr-Stranraer and Aberdeen-Inverness routes are without AWS, although they will be fitted later this year. The Train Protection Warning System (TPWS) will be fitted to 1,424 signals and 88 buffer stops by 2003. An equivalent figure for railway junctions cannot be given as it is dependent on the definition used.