Kelvin Hopkins – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Kelvin Hopkins on 2015-12-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the additional costs to retro-fit the Great Western Inter-City Express Programme fleet of electric trains with diesel engines.

Claire Perry

The Department is actively looking at a range of commercial and technical options to ensure passenger benefits are delivered on time. We have a commercially confidential estimate however no decisions have been taken on IEP conversion.