Petition · past parliament

More investment for electrification after the statement about diesel trains.

Closed 128 signatures

What the petition asks

Following the announcement by the government that there should be no purely diesel trains running after 2040 there should be a government plan with associated extra funding to electrify more of the rail network to help facilitate this goal.

Timeline

22 Feb 2018 Petition opened for signatures
22 Aug 2018 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 128
Status Closed
Opened 22 Feb 2018
Closed 22 Aug 2018

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.