Rail freight operators have stopped using electric trains and switched to diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices.
Read moreElectric freight trains mothballed due to soaring energy prices

Rail freight operators have stopped using electric trains and switched to diesel locomotives due to soaring energy prices.
Read moreDisruption to rail services due to cracks in trains is expected to continue for weeks.
Read moreLong-distance trains will run on battery power in a UK first, manufacturer Hitachi Rail has announced.
Read moreLondon’s delayed and over-budget Crossrail project has been given £825 million more Government funding.
Read moreFreightliner locos No. 86638 and 86627 were the first electric traction to use the newly electrified line between Glasgow and Edinburgh via Shotts when they performed test runs on February 24. First No. 86638 ran
Read moreAs early as 1903, the London Brighton and South Coast Railway (LBSCR) began to electrify local routes.
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