§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Transport what is the railway mileage for Sweden, Norway, Japan, West Germany, France, the United Kingdom and Wales, respectively; and what percentages of these are electrified.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeAt the end of 1978, the last year for which comparable information is available, the length of railway track operated by the national railway company and the percentage of this track that was electrified in each of the countries was as follows:
Length of track miles Percentage electrified Sweden - SJ 11,176 62 Norway - NSB 3,424 57 Japan - JNR 27,127 52 West Germany - DB 41,253 46 France - SNCF 31,912 38 Great Britain - BRB 28,298 22 Wales - BRB 991 0 Sources: UIC International Railway Statistics, Digest of Welsh Statistics.