PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Railways: South Yorkshire (5 June 2023)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department has plans for the electrification of the railway line between Stockport and Sheffield.
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Asked by:
Navendu Mishra (Labour)
Answer
In Decarbonising Transport: a Better, Greener Britain, the government committed to deliver a net zero rail network by 2050. To do so we will electrify additional lines and encourage deployment of battery and hydrogen trains on lines where it makes economic and operational sense.
In relation to individual railway routes, the Great British Railways Transition Team will bring forward costed decarbonisation options for Government to carefully consider in terms of overall deliverability and affordability.
Answered by:
Huw Merriman (Conservative)
12 June 2023
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