Electrification
RIA report highlights electrification benefits
Electric railways better in ‘almost all respects’, say authors
Andy Roden
MML electrification could be shelved to pay for HS2
Wires to Nottingham/Sheffield at risk of cancellation
PHILIP SHERRATT
Government ‘must increase pace’ of electrification
Transport Committee demands action from Government
Andy Roden
800 miles of electrification for 95% of freight says CILT
Infill schemes could transform rail freight
Andy Roden
Four companies win £9bn NR Southern renewals work
Contracts could run for ten years
Andy Roden
Next phase of MML electrification under way
Work starts on Market Harborough to Wigston section of MML
Innovation in electrification
Scotland’s Railway is leading the rest of the UK on electrification...
Limited progress on Trains fit for the Future recommendations
Only limited progress has been made on implementing recommendations in the Trains fit for the Future report, according to the Railway Industry Association.
Wigan – Bolton: NEEP goes in hard
■ Civils costs halved
■ Bridge reconstruction slashed
■ Overdue renewals distort cost
■ Overheads exposed
Electrification: Prove you can deliver, demands DfT
■ TRU and MML electrification test cases for cost reduction claims
■ TDNS rolling programme on hold
■ ‘Stop moaning’, electrification proponents told
■ Network Rail Board goes full duckweed