. . . . . . . . "The \"Electric Spine\" was the name for part of a, now largely cancelled, rolling programme of railway electrification projects in England initially estimated to cost \u00A3800 million, but later thought to cost close to \u00A33 billion. The aim was to form 25 kV AC overhead-wire electrified links northward from the Port of Southampton to major cities in northern and central England and a dry port container terminal in the Midlands. The government wanted efficient electric-hauled freight trains to compete with road haulage. In 2012, the spine was set to be completed within Network Rail's Control Period 5 (CP5, 2014\u20132019). This was not the case, because various works were delayed, suspended for several months, moved into Control Period 6 (CP6, starting in 2019), and then scrapped altogether (despite various preliminary work, like bridge replacement, having been conducted). Other works associated with the project were to have included gauge clearance for large shipping containers and electrified connections to adjacent electrified routes, depots and freight facilities. The north\u2013south axis of the link leads to the spine name."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "20782"^^ . . . . . . "The \"Electric Spine\" was the name for part of a, now largely cancelled, rolling programme of railway electrification projects in England initially estimated to cost \u00A3800 million, but later thought to cost close to \u00A33 billion. The aim was to form 25 kV AC overhead-wire electrified links northward from the Port of Southampton to major cities in northern and central England and a dry port container terminal in the Midlands. The government wanted efficient electric-hauled freight trains to compete with road haulage. The north\u2013south axis of the link leads to the spine name."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1071035276"^^ . . . . "Electric Spine"@en . . . . . "42383065"^^ . . .