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    Railway electrification in Great Britain began in the late 19th century. A range of voltages has been used, employing both overhead lines and conductor...
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    proposed railway electrification routes in Great Britain. Railway electrification in the UK has been a stop-start or boom-bust cycle since electrification began...
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  • Electrify Britain's Railway (CEBR) is an internet-based campaign group formed in 2018 whose aim is to convince the government to completely electrify...
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    The railway system of Great Britain started with the building of local isolated wooden wagonways starting in the 1560s. A patchwork of local rail links...
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    The London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) was involved in the development of railway electrification of Britain. Like the LNER and the SR the LMS...
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    as a safety measure. In 1948, the Great Western Railway, and thus the GWML, was merged into the Western Region of British Railways. During the 1970s, the...
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    rail. The London Underground is the largest of these (see railway electrification in Great Britain). The main reason for using the fourth rail to carry the...
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    Great Northern Railway had proposed electrification of part of the line in 1903, but it was not until 1971 that a scheme to electrify the line from London...
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    The railway system in Great Britain is the oldest railway system in the world. The first locomotive-hauled public railway opened in 1825, which was followed...
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  • Railway electrification in Scotland has proceeded in a different fashion than the rest of the UK especially in the 21st Century. There is political commitment...
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