The Department for Transport (DfT) in the UK has decided to extend the electrification of the Midland Main Line up to Market Harborough station in Leicestershire. The decision was confirmed by UK Rail ...

The UK Department for Transport (DfT) is to restart electrification work on the TransPennine and Midland Mainline (MML) railway lines. Work to electrify these lines has been given approval after ...

A huge drive to bring electrification to the Midland Mainline railway north through the East Midlands has been launched by regional leaders, MPs and the biggest business organisation in the area. They ...

The electrification of two rail lines, which will lead to quicker journey times for thousands of passengers, is to go ahead after being stopped earlier this year. Work on the TransPennine Express ...

Electrification of key northern rail lines will now go ahead, the Government has announced just months after shelving the plans. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin said the overhaul of Midland ...

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Sheffield will remain Britain's largest city without electrified rail travel after the government "paused" plans to electrify more of the Midland Mainline. The plans for the northerly section of the ...

Commuters will face disruption over the weekend as a railway bridge in Sutton Bonington is demolished. The flying arch bridge will be dismantled to make way for the potential electrification of the ...