The Wire

The UK government has announced that they will electrify the railway between London and Swansea. And about time too, every railwayman cries. But what about the rest of the country?

Scotland in particular is incredibly lacking in electrified lines. once you're away from the West and East Coast Main Lines, and the Glasgow suburbs, then there is nothing. Not one mile of electric wire hanging overhead.

If the Scottish Government is serious about high-speed trains running between Scotland's major cities (and they're not serious - it gets mentioned in debates as a nice thing to have in the future) then electrification is a must.

Here's the BBC report on how efficient a diesel train (in this case an HST) is to an electric:



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