PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Great Western Main Line: Electrification (26 June 2017)

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the benefits for passengers in terms of capacity, frequency and journey times of the full electrification of the Great Western mainline to Bristol.

Asked by:
Karin Smyth (Labour)

Frequency and journey times on the Great Western mainline will be decided as part of the industry timetabling process which will in turn inform the improved capacity of the network.

Once the current programme is complete, over 100 million rail journey experiences will improve each year, there will be an extra 4,900 extra seats into London and it is expected that journey times between London, Bristol, Cardiff and Swansea will reduce by around 15 minutes.

Answered by:
Paul Maynard (Conservative)
4 July 2017