Grayling sparks fury by scrapping rail electrification plans

Government accused of ‘years of broken promises’ after dropping schemes to make network faster and greenerPlans to make the railway network faster, greener and cleaner by electrifying lines have been scrapped by the government after massive budget overruns, prompting fury at “years of broken promises”.The plans to modernise the line from Cardiff to Swansea, the Midland mainline and tracks in the Lake District were dropped on Thursday after Network Rail spent huge sums on