Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway
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Electrify Britain's Railway Now! We are campaigning for a rolling programme of electrification in the UK
United Kingdom
Joined May 2018
We are working on it 😌
Who else is ready to electrify everything? 🔋🚗⚡
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OK - we did phase 1 of Great Western Electrification (phase 1 - highlighted). When are we doing phase 2 (phase 2 - tracks without highlight)?
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“This work will power the cleaner, greener electric trains on the Glasgow- Barrhead and East Kilbride lines in the coming years. This directly supports decarbonising passenger services on Scotland’s Railway by 2035. #Decarbonisation #NetZero #Green #Electrification
#Palpatine
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Top 5 lines in the North to electrify now! Great to see a list put together by @railindustry @railindustryNTH
https://t.co/EPTlvSI27z
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The UKs one would just be depressing… We need a rolling program (what’s on display here) of rail electrification here so badly. #TDNS
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Try electrification, @Amtrak. It will reduce exhausts behind your train. We in @Ukrzaliznytsia done 122km of new electrification for the last year. It works.
5pm on the road: 🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗🚗 5pm on the rails: 🚄💨
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The UK is so ridiculously behind on electrification. NR have put forward a reasonable rolling program for most lines in the country but ofcourse without a serious government we aren’t going to get it anytime soon. https://t.co/i4mAAxHzmD
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Turns out stop/starting & continually changing scope costs money - or £190m in the case of Transpennine. Who knew! https://t.co/4nStLD9IDm
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This study examines whether the government and Network Rail are in a position to deliver the Transpennine Route Upgrade successfully.
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Electrification enables a 'gold standard' service! 👀
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Les travaux d'électrification entre Gretz-Armainvilliers, Provins et Nogent-sur-Seine se terminent cet été ! Débuté en 2018, ce projet a nécessité des moyens hors-normes afin de passer du diesel à l’électrique ⚡ Explications des différentes étapes clés de l’été 👇
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⚡️ £120m of @ScotGov investment will see 6⃣ new electricity feeder stations at strategic locations across the network, with 9⃣ more upgraded - increasing the resilience and reliability of the system that powers electric passenger and freight trains. https://t.co/HeZYqhfbWX
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North America vs Europe in terms of rail electrification (black is for non electrified lines, colors are for electrified lines) Spoiler alert, one map is depressing 🫠
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“We need a rolling programme of rail electrification, and we need to start now.” Our Innovation Director @manomilda speaking at today’s @NetZeroAPPG event on transport in Parliament. #NetZeroWeek
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Over the weekend, and honestly without planning to, I managed to traverse each of the 4 Scottish Central Belt rail lines... All of which have been electrified ⚡⚡ Not a single one of the 5 remaining railways over the Pennines has been electrified yet 👎
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If you have 30mins: 1957 film why SNCF electrified steam routes... if you only have 30 secs: + 75% maintenance saving + 60% operational saving + even running on electricity generated by coal, electric trains use 1/10th of the coal of a steam train (1/2) https://t.co/qwQ0HrW6lB
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EXCLUSIVE: We've found where Treasury store the excuses.
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Shadow Transport Secretary @LouHaigh urges further electrification to decarbonise the #UKRail network. #MCConf22 #RIAMidlands #RailDecarb
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One year after @CommonsTrans published its Trains fit for the future report on decarbonising rail, we've reviewed the Govt's progress. Out of 12 recommendations, we found: 🔴no progress on 5️⃣ 🟠some progress on 4️⃣ 🟢good progress on 3️⃣ Our full review 👉 https://t.co/X6h5t8cwZ6
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