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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 ...
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.
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
[7] [8] Further electrification was discussed in 1968. [9] The line north of Crewe was modernised by further electrification from Weaver Junction to Glasgow in the 1970s. [10] [11] [12] Some innovative electrical engineering technology was used on the project including lighter catenary and extensive use of headspans. [13]
The Manchester–Preston line runs from the city of Manchester to Preston, Lancashire, England. It is largely used by commuters entering Manchester from surrounding suburbs and cities, but is also one of the main railway lines in the North West and is utilised by TransPennine Express regional services and to Scotland .
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]
The Society arranged for a Preston–Bradford Interchange train to be run to move staff from their home base to Bradford offices. In October 1984 British Rail developed this into five trains each way between Leeds and Preston with one extended to Blackpool. [5]