Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway

Electrify Britain's Railway Now! We are campaigning for a rolling programme of electrification in the UK

[Caltrain @Caltrain]

We are working on it 😌

[Noel Dolphin @NoelDolphin]

OK - we did phase 1 of Great Western Electrification (phase 1 - highlighted). When are we doing phase 2 (phase 2 - tracks without highlight)?

[Rail Technology Magazine @thertmnews]

“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

[Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway @Rail_Elec]

Top 5 lines in the North to electrify now! Great to see a list put together by @railindustry @railindustryNTH
https://t.co/EPTlvSI27z

[Matt HB - matthodg.bsky.social @matthewhodg]

The UKs one would just be depressing…

We need a rolling program (what’s on display here) of rail electrification here so badly. #TDNS

[Alexander Kamyshin @AKamyshin]

Try electrification, @Amtrak. It will reduce exhausts behind your train. We in @Ukrzaliznytsia done 122km of new electrification for the last year. It works.

[Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway @Rail_Elec]

You can change who is at the top - but it doesn't change the outcome. #AbolishTheTreasury

[Matt HB - matthodg.bsky.social @matthewhodg]

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

[Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway @Rail_Elec]

Turns out stop/starting & continually changing scope costs money - or £190m in the case of Transpennine. Who knew!
https://t.co/4nStLD9IDm

[Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway @Rail_Elec]

Electrification enables a 'gold standard' service! 👀

[SNCF Réseau @SNCFReseau]

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 👇

[Network Rail Scotland @NetworkRailSCOT]

⚡️ £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

[Simply Railway @Simply_Railway]

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 🫠

[RIA @railindustry]

“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

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

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 👎

[Noel Dolphin @NoelDolphin]

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

[Gareth Dennis @GarethDennis]

@RailwayMuseum It has to be ELECTRIC for me!!! ⚡️

[Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway @Rail_Elec]

EXCLUSIVE: We've found where Treasury store the excuses.

[RIA @railindustry]

Shadow Transport Secretary @LouHaigh urges further electrification to decarbonise the #UKRail network.

#MCConf22 #RIAMidlands #RailDecarb

[RIA @railindustry]

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