§ 34. Mr. Flanneryasked 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. FowlerElectrification 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.