East Coast Railway Line: Freight
(asked on 11th February 2020) - View Source
Question to the Department for Transport:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the enhancement of the power supply on the East Coast Main Line will provide sufficient power to allow for electrically hauled freight trains.
This question was answered on 25th February 2020
The upgrade of the East Coast Main Line’s power supply will enable more electric trains to run in each hour. At some times of the day, passenger trains will use all of the available capacity but at other times there will be sufficient power to allow electrically hauled freight trains to run.