Rail Minister Huw Merriman has been urged to get on with the job of electrifying the Midlands mainline north of Market Harborough.
South Yorkshire MP Dan Jarvis has accused the Government of dragging its feet over promises of finally getting round to speeding up the main railway line linking Leicester with East Midlands Parkway, Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds.
The Government paused plans to stump up the cash for electrification in 2015, before cancelling them completely in 2017. However the Government’s 2021 Integrated Rail Plan re-committed to electrify the northern part of the line by the early 2030s.
