Electrify Britain's Railway Now! We are campaigning for a rolling programme of electrification in the UK
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Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
The GBR bill is an opportunity to implement a rolling programme of infrastructure investment. In every asset the UK could lower costs, improve resilience & people's lived experience - with rolling programmes. Electrification is just one stark example:
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Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
Today the Campaign to Electrify Britain’s Railway has published our report on how our failure to electrify the railway is now showing up directly in operating costs (1/4) - link to the report is here:
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Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
OK - we did phase 1 of Great Western Electrification (phase 1 - highlighted). When are we doing phase 2 (phase 2 - tracks without highlight)?
Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
“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 retweeted
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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Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
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 retweeted
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. networkrail.co.uk/wp-content…
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Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
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 👇
Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
⚡️ £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.
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Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
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 🫠
Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
“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
Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
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 👎
Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
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)
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Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
Shadow Transport Secretary @LouHaigh urges further electrification to decarbonise the #UKRail network.
#MCConf22 #RIAMidlands #RailDecarb – at Birmingham, England
Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
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 👉 riagb.org.uk/RIA/Newsroom/Pr…
Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
Calls for more electrification in Germany to enable the country to meet its climate target.
The Association of German Transport Companies has called for more electrification in Germany to enable rail to meet climate targets.
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Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
10-car diesel to Birmingham; under the bloody wires all the way. Really…?
Campaign to Electrify Britain's Railway retweeted
This is why and where hydrogen proponents need to be much more careful about their pitch: Amtrak have been severely misled to the point where they think that full electrification represent greater whole-life investment than a fleet of unproven, underpower hydrogen locomotives.
Disappointing that Caltrans is leaning into hydrogen trains to meet 2035 zero emissions goals instead of electrification via catenary.
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