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said in July 2015 that there was a "really strong case" for electrification of the line. The Electrification Task Force said that the Chester to Crewe line was a Tier 2 priority for being electrified in the CP6 period (2019-2024).
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units, which they have done in the case of the former since December 2007 and the latter since June 2024, on routes to Holyhead. Plans to electrify the line were announced in October 2023.
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So important was the line in the 19th and early 20th centuries to passenger, mail and freight traffic between Britain and Ireland that the world's first experimental and operational
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announced that electrification of the North Wales Coast line would receive £1 billion in funding as part of the Network North policy paper in conjunction with the scrapping of
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In 2018, a £50 million signalling upgrade programme was completed between Shotton and Colwyn Bay. This upgrade saw modular colour lights supervised from the South Wales
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North Wales Coast Line between Chester and Saltney, showing the two tracks over the River Dee. The path of the other two tracks which were removed can also be seen.
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units in June 2024. These new units are able to run using the overhead wires from Euston to Crewe, before switching to diesel power from Crewe to Holyhead.
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in Cardiff replacing the manual signal boxes and mixture of semaphore and older colour lights.
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and Crewe to Holyhead, Cardiff to Holyhead and Manchester to Llandudno currently operated by
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The line is not currently electrified, so Avanti West Coast, the current operator of the
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shortly before opening in 1840. The remainder was built between 1844 and 1850 by the
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units currently operate long-distance services to Holyhead from London Euston for
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There are two proposed railway stations on the line, proposed as part of the
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Translation used for the service of the same name by Transport for Wales.
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Allen, David (18 June – 1 July 1997). "Sun, sea, sand...and semaphores".
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The Welsh Government would like the line to be electrified. Chancellor
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TfW Metro Development 2021 - How we're developing Metro (March 2021)
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The line contains several notable engineering structures, including
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to Holyhead, Bangor, Chester and Wrexham General operated by
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The first section from Crewe to Chester was built by the
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nuclear power station is loaded at a depot in Valley
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