HC Deb 04 February 1987 vol 109 c665W
Mr. Alton

asked the Secretary of State for Transport what rail lines he expects to be electrified in the next five years.

Mr. David Mitchell

[pursuant to his reply, 2 February 1987 c. 523]The answer given was incomplete and should have read as follows. The following railway electrification schemes are due to be completed within the next five years:

Year
Ayr-Largs May 1987
Bishops Stortford-Cambridge May 1987
Blackfriars-Farringdon May 1987
Ipswich-Norwich May 1987
Sanderstead-East Grinstead September 1987
Canonbury Link December 1987
Bournemouth-Weymouth January 1988
North London Line October 1988
East Coast Main Line Spring 1991