The Anonymous Widower

Midland Main Line Electrification – 4th Jan 2022

I took these pictures from the train today, as I went to Leicester.

Note.

1. We overtook the Class 360 train to Corby, just before it left the main line at Kettering North junction.
2. Once past Kettering North junction, the Midland Main Line is only two tracks as far as Leicester station.
3. A lot of the gantries on the two slow lines seem tall.
4. At least twenty gantries had been installed North of the junction.

Some of the new gantries looked to be lighter than those South of the junction, but then they are only supporting electrification for two tracks, rather than four.

This Google Map shows the junction.

In this section, my train overtook the train to Corby.

• The track going North-West goes to Leicester.
• The track going North-East goes to Corby.
• The track going South goes to Kettering.
• It looks like to the West of the Midland Main Line is a large electricity sub-station.

In the tenth of my pictures you can see the three vertical poles opposite the sub-station, which can be picked out in the map.

 

January 4, 2022 Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Electrification, Kettering Station, Leicester Station, Midland Main Line, Midland Main Line Electrification | 28 Comments