Re: South Wales Mainline Electrification
Posted: Wed Jul 26, 2017 12:20 pm
Simon__200 wrote:What's the August disruption in the Severn Tunnel then? It's being described as electrification in the news.
From National Rail website;
During late summer and autumn 2017 Network Rail are undertaking a key part of the Great Western Modernisation by electrifying the railway through tunnels between Bristol Parkway and Swindon. They are also constructing a new platform at Bristol Parkway station to increase capacity. Work will also be taking place in Cardiff, part of Network Rail’s programme to lower the track in the area ahead of installing overhead wires by late 2018.