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Written question asked by Gavin Shuker (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 9 July 2019, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 July 2019 (named day). It was answered by Andrew Jones (Conservative) on Monday, 15 July 2019 on behalf of the Department for Transport.


Railways: Electrification

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of rail passenger journeys take place (a) wholly and (b) for at least 50 per cent of the journey by distance on electrified sections of the railway network in Great Britain.

Answer

The Office of Rail and Road publishes data on electrified rail routes in Great Britain. However, this includes routes open to passengers and freight and does not contain a breakdown for passengers only.

The length of network rail operated electrified route in Great Britain was 3,583 miles in 2017-18. This represents 36% of the total mainline railway route.

This data is available at the following link:

https://dataportal.orr.gov.uk/displayreport/report/html/c35e0c28-324f-4168-81b9-be197963f251


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
275182
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Railways Electrification
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk