UK Rail Strategy

A quarter of the UK's trains run solely off diesel.

The government wants them all gone by 2040

Rail electrification in numbers

• In January 2018, 36% of the UK's rail network was electrified.

• Because the busiest routes are electrified, 70% of all trains in the UK are electric.

• 24% of the UK's trains are diesel-only.

• The remaining 6% of UK trains are bi-mode.

• Since 2010, the government has electrified 248 miles of track.