JHLewis commented Faster trains for Nottingham, but is electrification plan dead?

Hopes are fading that the Government will deliver on the plan to electrify the entire length of the railway between London and Nottingham.The current phase of the project on the Midland Main Line (MML), between Bedford and Kettering, is expected to be completed by 2019.The next phase is to electrify the northern section serving Leicester, Nottingham, Derby, Chesterfield and Sheffield.Read more: QMC alert after early rush of winter patientsThe scheduled completion date is 2023 – but in a...