Railway electrification in Great Britain began in the late 19th century. A range of voltages has been used, employing both overhead lines and conductor...

proposed railway electrification routes in Great Britain. Railway electrification in the UK has been a stop-start or boom-bust cycle since electrification began...

electrify the British Railway network. Its slogan is "Down with Dirty Diesel." The campaign promotes a rolling programme of electrification, which it considers...

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...

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...

systems Online Electric Vehicle Overhead conductor rails Railway electrification in Great Britain Rubber-tyred metro Stud contact system Third rail (model...

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...

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...

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...

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...