As part of Network Rail's £1.2 billion East Coast Upgrade, we’re improving the power supply on the East Coast Main Line to enable faster, quieter and more environmentally friendly electric trains to run. The upgrade has already paved the way for the introduction of new trains, such as LNER’s Azuma and Hull Trains’ Paragon fleets.
Passengers will benefit from:
More seats, additional services and improved performance, and reliability.
The upgrade will be completed in two phases:
Phase 1
Phase 1 of the project began in 2014 and and was completed in 2020.
The following upgrades have already been completed:
Installation of 23 substations along the route laying 600km of new cabling
construction of foundations and structures to support overhead line equipment New 400kv connection to the main National Grid
Further upgrades are planned to increase resilience and reliability along the route. These upgrades include additional sub-stations, track based cabinets and feeder stations.
Phase 2
The Power Supply Upgrade powered forward into its second phase in September 2020, when a £216.2m contract was awarded to the Rail Electrification Alliance.
Phase 2 of the project involves the installation of feeder and substations along the route, capacity upgrades, new 132kv connection at Hambleton junction and upgrades to existing power supply connections.
This phase will deliver upgraded power to the East Coast Main Line railway
between Doncaster and Edinburgh and will include:
Installing 27 new traction substations
Installing 1000 km new cabling including feeder cables and telecoms cabling
Construction of supporting foundations and structures for substations and to support overhead line equipment
Introduction of 2 New Static Frequency Converter Compounds at 132kV supply connection points.
Alliance Partners include: Jacobs, J Murphy & Sons, Network Rail, Siemens
Mobility, Systra & VolkerRail
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Real Power Supply Upgrade's website is https://www.networkrail.co.uk/running-the-railway/our-routes/east-coast/east-coast-upgrade/power-supply-upgrade/
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