PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Gospel Oak-Barking Railway Line: Electrification (3 June 2015)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost of electrifying the Gospel Oak to Barking railway line; and what contribution his Department plans to make to that project.

Asked by:
Lilian Greenwood (Labour)

The Government has made no estimate of the cost of electrifying the Gospel Oak to Barking railway line. Network Rail will provide an estimate following formal sign-off of stage 3 of the Governance for Railway Investment Projects (‘GRIP’) process.

The Department for Transport has allocated £90 million towards the project (2013 prices).

Answered by:
Claire Perry (Conservative)
8 June 2015