Network Rail has started the next stage Kettering- Corby electrification, as part of its Railway Upgrade Plan. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of 2019.
The work continues with piling – the process of installing foundations that involves driving cylindrical steel piles deep into the ground to install a new gantry, which will hold signalling equipment. The next phases of piling are scheduled in late March and early May.
Network Rail will also begin to clear vegetation from the side of the railway from Thursday, 26 January to make way for the gantries that will support the overhead wires which carry power to electric trains.
“The next phase of the Railway Upgrade Plan for the Midland Main Line will see us prepare the track and the surrounding land for the installation of the overhead wires which will provide power to electric trains,” Spencer Gibbens, principal programme sponsor for the Midland Main Line upgrade, said.
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