Date: 30/07/2015

A legacy of the rapid early growth of Britains railway network is that the UK has one of the worlds most restrictive loading gauges. As a result, typically half of the cost of British electrification projects is the civil engineering work to adapt structures to provide clearance for wires and pantographs. [From Richard Buckby]

External links

Winchburghs 44-day blockade

Rail Engineer

A legacy of the rapid early growth of Britains railway network is that the UK has one of the worlds most restrictive loading gauges. As a result, typicall