Trans-Pennine and Midland Main Line electrification by 2023 as work unpaused

Midland Main Line train.

UK: Work to electrify the trans-Pennine and Midland Main Line routes is to resume with completion envisaged by 2023, Secretary of State for Transport Patrick McLoughlin announced on September 30.

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