Welcome For Extension Of Midland Electrification
The title of this post is the same as that of this article on Rail News.
This is the first paragraph.
Electrification of the Midland Main Line is set to be extended from Kettering North Junction to Market Harborough station.
The project was announced in the House of Commons and has already been called great news by the local MP.
In MML Wires Could Reach Market Harborough, I laid out my thoughts after an article in the June 2018 Edition of Modern Railways, with the same title.
This was my major conclusion.
I think that electrification between Glendon Junction and Market Harborough station will happen.
I actually feel that with the announcement of innovative new rolling stock and electrification methods in the last few months, that electrification of this section could now be easier and that electrification to Leicester might even happen.
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