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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]
Plans to launch the Midlands Rail Hub to improve east-west connectivity need to get under way, a transport body in the region has said. Harper urged not to delay rail hub plans after ...
The document specifies that HS2 will be built from Crewe to Manchester, and from Birmingham to East Midlands Parkway, [27] but not from the East Midlands to Leeds. It thus significantly alters the previous HS2 programme, including curtailing much of the eastern leg [28] and reducing HS2 to a main high speed spine, from London via Birmingham to the North West of England – to a point south of ...
However, the Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands (IRP) that was announced in November 2021, [10] [11] did include full electrification between Manchester and York, [12] and subsequently W12 loading gauge to accommodate 2.9 m × 2.6 m (9.5 ft × 8.5 ft) refrigerated shipping containers throughout.
Existing rail infrastructure is a ‘constraint’ on future passenger and freight growth, the National Infrastructure Commission said. Northern cities will ‘remain poorly served’ by rail ...
The Midland Main Line (MML), sometimes also spelt Midland Mainline, is a major railway line from London to Sheffield in Yorkshire via the East Midlands. It comprises the lines from London's St Pancras station via Leicester, Derby/Nottingham and Chesterfield. Express passenger services on the line are operated by East Midlands Railway (EMR).
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On the 26 June 2019, plans were submitted to the Department for Transport to get funding for the £2 billion investment programme known as the Midlands Rail Hub. [40] [41] Plans for Moor Street included: two new platforms (5 and 6) two extra trains per hour to Leicester and Derby