HC Deb 10 December 1980 vol 995 c377W
34. Mr. Flannery

asked the Minister of Transport when work on the electrification of the section of the St. Pancras to Sheffield railway line between Bedford and Sheffield will begin; and when electrification of the section London St. Pancras to Bedford will be completed.

Mr. Fowler

Electrification of the Bedford to Sheffield line will be considered in the light of the findings of the joint British Rail/Department of Transport review of the case for main line electrification. I understand from British Rail that the St. Pancras to Bedford electrification project should be completed by October 1982.