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Rail Electrification

Volume 198: debated on Tuesday 12 November 1991

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To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what is his estimate of the proportion of (a) Wales's and (b) Britain's railway network which is electrified; and if he will make a statement.

There are no electrified lines in Wales; as at 31 March 1991, 30 per cent. of British Rail's network was electrified or in the process of being electrified as a result of projects approved or under construction.