UK to extend electrification of Midland Main Line [Railway Technology]
Date: 07/03/2019
The Department for Transport (DfT) in the UK has decided to extend the electrification of the Midland Main Line up to Market Harborough station in Leicestershire. The decision was confirmed by UK Rail Minister Andrew Jones while answering a question from Harborough MP Neil OBrien. As per the earlier plan, electrification works would have only extended to Kettering. Jones stated that Network Rail has been tasked to design electrification infrastructure from Kettering to Market Harborough station as part of the £1.5bn Midland Mainline programme.
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UK to extend electrification of Midland Main Line to Market Harborough
Railway Technology
The DfT in the UK has decided to extend the electrification of the Midland Main Line up to Market Harborough station in Leicestershire.
