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Update from 24/06/2026 Madeleine has completed her first kilometre Karen has now dug 814 metres https://tunneltracker.com/

I agree that the wire gradient is the issue, but Network Rail did want to replace this bridge at the time of the Great Western electrification. I am sure that most people remember all the objections by the locals and in the end they got their way because it was a grade 2 listed structure. If the...

The 110 speed restriction is in force at Steventon because of the road bridge, not the level crossing.

With the Borders line now being electrified, I was thinking, has there been any other lines that have been previously closed, then reopened and electrified? I can only think of two others, firstly in London, Blackfriars to Farringdon via the Snow Hill tunnel, I do not think this line was ever...

Another project that has bitten the dust is CARS, Croydon Area Resignalling Scheme

The distance for Madeleline is shown in Metres and the finished tunnels is shown in Kilometres, it is easy to confuse M for Miles when it is actually Metres. Another update from 20 Feb is 63 Meters is now dug

The HS2 tunnel tracker for Madeleine has been updated on 18/02/2026, 55 metres in 15 days.

The first TBM to dig the Euston Tunnels, Madeleine, is now shown on the HS2 Tunnel Tracker https://tunneltracker.com/

Northern Powerhouse Rail Stage 1 includes Electrification for the following routes:- 1-Sheffield to Leeds, which I presume is from Sheffield Midland Station via Pontefract to Leeds, this would involve Electrification of approx 19 Miles from Sheffield to South Kirby Junction on the Leeds to...

OK, thank you clarification. I said it was CWR because just past the Haworth bridge there are two short rails in the middle of the track, which normally indicates the start/finish of the CWR but I did notice two fishplates a bit further on, so I did not know if they maybe were for track...

I noticed that on the Keighley and Worth Valley railway there is a stretch of about a quarter of a mile of CWR, this is from the footbridge at Haworth Station to the points which connect the line to Haworth depot, this section of track is flat bottom rail, on concrete sleepers with Pandrol E...

I found a bit of spare time tonight so here is an update. I travelled on a Paddington to Cardiff train today 15/08/2025, apart from the junction with the North London Line, I had a good view of the Poplars lines. From what I saw all the masts and support arms are in, also there is a single...

I will be travelling past the Poplars Lines on this coming Friday, I am really busy for the rest of Friday and also all day Saturday, so I will post an update this coming Sunday.

BBC Radio 4 is currently running ten 15 minute programmes called "Derailed:The story of HS2", it is on air at 13:45, 14-18/07/2025 and 21-25/07/2025, the whole series is available now on BBC Sounds. https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m002fv8b I have only listened to the first five episodes so...

Sorry my mistake, it is RS2 and RS3.

It looks like there will be a announcement tomorrow from Rachel Reeves about more MML electrification. According to the Network Rail website, posted on 09/06/2025, "There will also be progress made on the new phase of Midland Main Line electrification, between Wigston in Leicestershire and East...

Here is a Network Rail article about track lowering work at a railway bridge in Barrow Upon Sor near Loughborough this weekend. https://www.networkrailmediacentre.co.uk/news/crucial-track-work-near-loughborough-affecting-london-journeys-this-weekend

The Govenment's website states that The Spending Review will conclude in Spring 2025

Here is an article about The Spion Kop Bridge on Blaby Road which is just north of the current limit of the Electrification at South Wigston. The work on the bridge could be going ahead next summer, at the moment it is unclear if a demolition or lowering the tracks will take place. If this is...

I went through Acton Main Line station today and there are some early progress on the electrification, there are two new Cantilevers on the freight only lines which go through Acton Yard and two new bases as well. Also two new bases have been installed on the incline up to the North London Line...