Electrification now cheaper than diesel option, says Network Rail

Train operators and Network Rail are on the verge of putting a case to the Department for Transport which promises to dismantle the government’s argument that it is too expensive to electrify the remainder of the rail network.

Despite severe pressure from the industry over the past few months, rail ministers have continually re-iterated arguments in this summer’s White Paper which ruled out a significant electrification programme before 2014 on cost grounds. Longer-term prospects...

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