29.05.13
Virgin proposes 135mph running on WCML in Scotland
Virgin Trains is proposing an upgrade of the WCML near Lockerbie for 135mph running, which would make it the fastest stretch of conventional railway in the UK.
The operator says it is considering introducing the first non-stop train between Scotland and London since the 1930s to cut journeys from Glasgow to under four hours.
According to the Scotsman newspaper, chief operating officer Chris Gibb told a business breakfast that it would be a “fabulous headline journey time” and would “capture the public imagination.”
He added: “That would be fantastic for Scotland, to have the fastest conventional railway in the UK. Between Lancaster and Glasgow there has been a degree of upgrade, but huge potential.”
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