Network Rail awards Shotts Line electrification contract

By 2017-01-12T15:27:13

ScotRail will operate future electric services on the Edinburgh – Shotts – Glasgow route using Hitachi Class 385 EMUs.

UK: Network Rail has awarded Carillion Powerlines Ltd a £49m contract to electrify the Holytown Junction – Shotts – Midcalder Junction line, as part of a £160m project to provide a fourth electrified route between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

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