The scope of Scotland’s electrification programme
Network Rail Watford Area Re-signalling programme 27.12.14 Engineers at work.
Just before the Jubilee celebrations, the Scottish government in Edinburgh somewhat failed to grab the limelight by announcing a programme of works hailed as the first phase of a rail decarbonisation scheme. The programme concentrates on the long-awaited plans to electrify the railways in Fife, putting the commuter routes from Edinburgh under the wires for the first time. Significantly, that will involve wiring up the iconic Forth Bridge, a designated World Heritage Site.
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It is 2022 and development now goes very quick… For sake of Industry and of sustainability, etc. any existing sub-optimising has to be considered. (Success story of Automobile, was and is based upon Device proving autonome, thus robust.)
Current down take concept for electrification, just is the opposite….Majority of ware owners, clients, no longer can afford luxury of risky supply chains. (For proving timely – and environmentally friendly – railways now has to prove a low risk device!)