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Mr. Galbraith
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give, for Great Britain as a whole and for Scotland, the total rail route length, and the percentage which is electrified, including projects approved or under construction.
Mr. Freeman
At 31 March 1990 British Rail had 10,307 route miles in Great Britain of which some 28 per cent. are electrified or will be electrified by projects approved or under construction. British Rail has some 1,700 route miles in Scotland, 10 per cent. of which are or will be electrified.