Monthly Archives: January 2016
Great Western Main Line will see its electrification programme rolled out on the following dates:
- Maidenhead to Didcot – December 2017
- Didcot to Wootton Bassett Junction – December 2018
- Wootton Bassett Junction to Bristol Parkway – December 2018
- Reading to Newbury – December 2018
- Bristol Parkway to Cardiff – December 2018
- Didcot to Oxford – June 2019
- Wootton Bassett Junction to Bristol Temple Meads – February 2019-April 2020
This update comes after numerous set-backs to the Great Western electrification scheme which have included poor productivity, inefficiency, design standard issues and increased costs.
Costs are currently estimated at between £2.5bn and £2.8bn, a far cry from the original £874m in 2012.
The Bristol Parkway to Cardiff works were originally scheduled for 2017 but are now set for completion by December 2018.
Find out more about this project from Great Western
