Labour warns of fallout from scrapping rail electrification

Cancellation and downgrading of projects will lengthen journey times and increase costs, says partyScrapping rail electrification projects will lengthen journey times, increase carbon emissions and raise the cost of running the network, the Labour party has warned. The transport secretary, Chris Grayling, announced in July that plans to electrify lines in Wales, the Midlands and the North have been cancelled or downgraded.Labour has claimed that this would increase journey times, including those