Sparks fly in celebration over Transpennine Route upgrade
The Transpennine Route is heavily congested. 2022, Network Rail
The UK government may be unable to make up its mind, but its infrastructure agency Network Rail is powering ahead with energising the north of England. The Transpennine Route Upgrade has seen its first electric wires erected as part of the scheme. Sparks now fly in North Yorkshire between Church Fenton and Colton Junction, where trains from Leeds join the East Coast Main Line on their way into York. This is one of the busiest stretches of railway in the north of England, with over 100 trains using the section each day.
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Robust, resilient and redundant modes, they upgrade – for added load – and lower cost…
Short of resiliency, however railways remains stuck at old standards.
(For added load, now just longer trains is single, neither optimal, nor resilient option – and the over head el. devastatingly is short of redundancy…)
Accordingly, railways shortcomings, low quality, etc., visavi other modes, etc. will remain.
As intermodal, now Weak Link decisively has to be attended – quality and capacity upgraded!
Bradford. A City of 547000 people, hung out to dry again. Sunak should hang his, completely out of touch head in shame.