Engineers preparing for Severn Tunnel electrification project

Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport - Network Rail engineers are being trained to efficiently complete the rail electrification of the Severn Tunnel at an advanced training facility in Wales. The 130-year old tunnel, which links South Gloucestershire to Monmouthshire in south Wales, will be closed for six weeks from 12th September while around 200 engineers install over eight miles of conductor rail, even though the actual tunnel is only four miles long. The training facility in Cardi