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The new plan shows a current time from London to Liverpool as being 132 minutes. The HS3 plan quoted 94 minutes, and under IRP 92 minutes, a small improvement. [41] The plan states that other schemes such as further electrification to Hull will depend on the results of work on how best to take HS3 services to Leeds. [26]
On 18 November 2021, the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP) was published. [61] This affected parts of the HS2 programme including curtailing much of the eastern leg but did include full Midland Main Line electrification and upgrades. Also included was a commitment to the Transpennine north railway upgrade to include full electrification.
The line from Kettering to Corby was to be doubled, and indeed Network Rail began work in June 2015. [24] The Enhancements plan update of January 2016 showed the project on target. [ 25 ] On 27 July 2017, a further briefing paper was issued and the Midland Main Line had a section of its own. [ 26 ]
The work between Dawlish and Holcombe began in July 2023 and saw Network Rail install protection measures to catch any loose material. In total, the project cost £37m, which was funded by the ...
Railway electrification in the UK has been a stop-start or boom-bust cycle since electrification began. The initial boom was under the 1955 modernisation plan. There was a flurry of activity in the 1980s and early 1990s but this came to a halt in the run up to privatisation and then continued in the 2000s, and also the Great Recession intervened.
The integrated Rail Plan proposed a study to determine the best method for HS2 trains to reach Leeds. In June 2022, the Golborne spur was removed from the Crewe-to-Manchester Parliamentary Bill. [ 26 ] [ 27 ] Without this link, trains to Scotland would join the existing West Coast Main Line further south at Crewe, instead of south of Wigan .
The government authorised the owner of failing rail franchises Avanti West Coast and TransPennine Express to pay itself a £65m dividend last year, accounts show.. The revelation comes amid calls ...
Network Rail said its revenue increased by £610 million in the half-year period, largely because of inflation-linked price rises. The increase in charges added £229 million to the company’s ...