North Downs Line Upgrade

The North Downs Line runs from Town of Reading to Gatwick Airport via Guilford and Redhill, the line is currently unelectrified between Wokingham & Ash and Guilford & Reigate. The Line speeds are currently 70mph in most places apart from between Redhill and Gatwick where it is 90mph, the current rolling stock is British Rail Class 165/1 Networker Turbos which are normally run in 3 coach trains however they sometimes run as two coach trains.

I propose electrification of the route with 25kv AC OLE. Upgrading line speeds to 90mph the full way. This would mean that freight could run at 60mph because of the two thirds rule which limits freights trains to two thirds of the maximum speed of the passenger trains when in the former Southern Region of British Rail.