Electrification - Page 19

Electrification of the Great Western Main Line could be two years late and cost three times as much as original estimates suggest sources close to the project.

Eighty Class 387 Electrostar vehicles bought by Porterbrook, for delivery from June 2017.

Electrification to Paignton, Plymouth and Penzance in addition to Exeter-Bristol is targeted for Control Period 7 (2024-2029), in a new report issued in October

Network Rail Chairman Mark Carne says the costs of the Great Western Main Line (GWML) electrification could now be up to £2.8 billion.

MPs to question Mark Carne and DfT Permanent Secretary

Direct train service between Liverpool Lime Street and Blackpool North to end

NR preparatory work for Bath wires completed

Poor ground conditions delay reboring work in Farnworth Tunnel

Claire Perry visits Bath, Box Tunnel and Bathampton Junction

An “assurance that no approval will be given for the electrification of any additional routes before work has started on the Midland Main Line” is being sought