Railway To Be Electrified North Of Market Harborough
Written by HFM News on 18th November 2021
The government’s announced the railway north of Market Harborough is to be fully electrified at a cost of hundreds of millions of pounds.
Under previous plans the wires from London were due to stop at Market Harborough railway station, but ministers have confirmed they will now continue along the whole of the Midland Mainline to Sheffield.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps made the announcement in the House of Commons, after confirming the scrapping of HS2 project between the East Midlands and Leeds.
Electric wires will be installed
Pic: Network Rail
Work to install electric cables on the stretch of track from Kettering to Market Harborough is set to begin within weeks.
Harborough MP Neil O’Brien is pleased the electrification will now take place along the whole of the Midland Mainline:
