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This affected parts of the HS2 programme including curtailing much of the eastern leg but did include full Midland Main Line electrification and upgrades. [39] On 21 December 2021 the DfT officially announced that work would start on 24 December 2021 on electrification of the section of line between Kettering and Market Harborough.
Bridges over the Midland Main Line have been replaced to allow greater clearances for electrification and larger rolling stock. Before (top) and after (bottom) the 2014 upgrade. Traffic levels on the Midland Main Line are rising faster than the national average, with continued increases predicted.
Bridges over the Midland Main Line in Bedfordshire have been replaced to allow greater clearances for electrification and larger rolling stock. Before (top) and after (bottom) the 2014 upgrade. The line has already been electrified to Bedford since the early 1980s. This was to be extended to Corby, Leicester, Nottingham, Derby and Sheffield.
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The plan gives full digital signal upgrades to the Midland Main Line and East Coast Main Line (ECML), with the electrification of the Midland Main Line to Derby, Nottingham and Sheffield. [38] The ECML will have 140 mph (230 km/h) operation in some sections. Newcastle, Leeds and Sheffield will use these lines to London instead of HS2.
In January 2021 electrification of the Midland Main Line to Corby was completed. [51] The electrified line is being fed via the autotransformer system. A new grid feeder will be needed at Braybrooke, just south of Market Harborough. [52] Work was announced as starting on the grid feeder in the Market Harborough area on 8 April 2021. [53]
Services at the southern end of the Midland Main Line between St Albans and London St Pancras were affected by a fault with the signalling system. Christmas engineering work problems cause misery ...
This affected parts of the HS2 programme including curtailing much of the eastern leg but did include full Midland Main Line electrification and upgrades. Also included was a commitment to the Transpennine north railway upgrade to include full electrification. On the back of the IRP, the Union Connectivity Review was also published in November ...