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The Midland Main Line (MML), a major railway line in the United Kingdom, has been undergoing various upgrades since 2015. [1] The current programme of upgrades began in 2012, although electrification was proposed a number of times previously. [2] The current programme includes electrification of the railway line between Bedford, Wellingborough ...
At the start of the 21st century, the Great Western Main Line and the Midland Main Line were the last of the major main line routes in the UK using diesel as the main source of locomotive power. [9] When the announcement was made in July 2009 to electrify the Great Western (along with the Liverpool-Manchester line ), it represented the first ...
Integrated-rail-plan-for-the-north-and-midlands. The Integrated Rail Plan for the North and Midlands or more simply, the Integrated Rail Plan (IRP), is a United Kingdom government proposal published on 18 November 2021. [ 1 ] It aims to deliver "increased capacity, faster journeys or more frequent services on eight out of the top ten busiest ...
Work to electrify the Midland Mainline between Kettering, Northamptonshire and Market Harborough, Leicestershire will begin on Thursday. Grant Shapps: Government ‘not wasting time’ starting ...
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).
The Felixstowe to Nuneaton railway upgrade in the United Kingdom is a series of upgrades being made to both a key strategic freight route [1] and one that carries passengers on many parts. It is one of only two routes between the busiest container port and the Midlands, the other being via London. [2] The route and the upgrade is sometimes ...
On 25 June 2015 the government announced that some of the electrification projects would be delayed or cut back because of rising costs. Electrification work was to be "paused" on the Trans-Pennine route between York and Manchester and on the Midland main line between Bedford and Sheffield.
These were to be Northern Hub, Great Western Main Line, South Wales Main Line, Midland Main Line, Electric Spine, Crossrail, Gospel Oak to Barking line and West Midlands suburban lines. Rail transport in Scotland is a devolved matter for the Scottish Government but they too have pursued electrification with multiple schemes in the Central Belt.