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date	14/03/2017
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 March, whether the electrification of the Great Western main line will include improved internal lighting in passenger carriages.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Two types of electric trains replace the existing diesel trains on the Great Western Main Line following electrification. Class 387 electric trains replace diesel commuter trains in the Thames Valley. They are brand new trains built by Bombardier to the most modern standards, including in respect of lighting and disabled accessibility. The first are already in service on the route between Hayes &amp; Harlington and Paddington. The other type of train is the Intercity Express, which replaces diesel trains on the long-distance routes from Paddington. This is also a brand new train, built by Hitachi, again to the most modern standards, including in respect of lighting and disabled accessibility.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 21/03/2017 12:29:21 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

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date	09/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Great Western Main Line: Electrification
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by the Parliamentary Under-secretary of State for Transport on 8 November (HC WS239), if the benefits expected by passengers could be achieved without requiring costly and disruptive electrification works, why they initially authorised those electrification projects, and why they allowed the projects to proceed to such a late stage before deciding to defer them.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3131
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/11/2016 answer text <p>Electrification has been commissioned as part of the Government's plans to upgrade the rail network due to its benefits to passengers – such as facilitating the delivery of new and more reliable trains - benefits to the environment and its contribution to reducing the cost of the railway.</p><p> </p><p>Programmes as large and complex as the Great Western Route Modernisation will always be subject to ongoing review and the recent announcements on deferring electrification on parts of the route were based on a consideration of the latest circumstances and assumptions in order to make sure we are delivering enhanced services for passengers, such as new trains, in a way that provides value for money for taxpayers.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 22/11/2016 12:39:59 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley