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The line from Preston to Blackpool was also proposed as a logical extension for electrification in conjunction with the Weaver Junction to Glasgow scheme in a document published by the British Railways Board in April 1968. [7] No further 25 kV AC activity occurred in the northwest until after 2009. There were some 3rd rail infill schemes though.
The planned electrification of the Manchester-to-Blackpool North route was announced in December 2009 [4] [5] and completed in May 2018. Avanti West Coast runs direct services between Blackpool North and London Euston using Class 390 Pendolinos, Class 221 Super Voyagers and Class 805 Everos which will be supplemented by the Class 807 Hitachi ...
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.
Manchester Victoria to Preston electrification complete; Manchester to Miles Platting area electrification complete (TP phase 1) 2018. Preston-Blackpool electrification complete; Platforms 15 and 16 were supposed to be operational at Manchester Piccadilly; 2020 2022. Manchester to Leeds and York electrification scheduled for completion; 2023
Blackpool North station is the main railway station ... services to Manchester ... withdrawn prior to the start of electrification work in November 2017, but resumed ...
Manchester Victoria had already had electrification equipment installed as part of the northwest programmes. [53] [54] [55] On other parts of the route, including between Leeds and York, bridge raising and other civil engineering works were started in March 2015. [56]
The Preston–Blackpool North line and the Manchester–Preston line have been electrified with electric Class 319 trains entering service on 20 May 2018 and 11 February 2019 respectively. [93] [94] Electrification of the Cross-City Line to Bromsgrove has been completed, which allowed electric trains to run from summer 2018. [95] [96]
A new timetable was introduced in May 2019 featuring new electric trains and shorter journey times; daytime services run hourly between Preston and Manchester Victoria with evening and additional peak services running between Blackpool North and Manchester Piccadilly and onwards to Manchester Airport or Hazel Grove. Initially all services ...