one track railway electrified

[Roman Kochnowski]

I am new here and in British Railways,  too.I have a question concerning electrified one track lines.Do such lines exist in UK?In which  region?Which loco?Do passenger trains go on them?
with best wishes,
Roman

[red_death]

There must be a small number, but I guess they are oddities rather than the norm.

One obvious example is the Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey branch line which is single track and electrified.  Passenger only and operated by a class 321 EMU.

Cheers, Mike

[MJKERR]

There are quite a few in the Glasgow electrified area
There is also a dual track line, with one line electrified, between Ardrossan and Hunterston (Fairlie)

[tadpole]

All these get passenger trains (EMUs)

Overhead:
Redditch - Barnt Green (S. of Birmingham)
Bearsden - Westerton (Glasgow)
Glossop Triangle (Manchester)
Lanark Branch (Glasgow)

Third rail (Southern Region):
Ash Vale - Frimley
Dorchester - Wool
Various tunnels on the Tonbridge - Hastings line (singled when line was electrified)
Farnham - Bentley and Bentley - Alton

[tadpole]

....not forgetting the Chesham branch on London Underground.

[Adam1701D]

There are single-line sections of the Ely-Kings Lynn line that are electrified.

[Sprintex]

Witham to Braintree branch in Essex, served by classes 321 and 315


Paul

[dodger]

The single track Lymington branch was electified as part of the Bournemouth electification in the late 1960's and electric trains still run at weekends using class 450 units.

The section between Newhaven and Seaford is now single track.


Dodger

[tadpole]

Southminster branch, also Essex
Walton branch?
Stretches on the Isle of Wight?
Outer parts of the Ormskirk Line? Merseyside

....and of course the FICTIONAL Salisbury South - Salisbury City branch.

[daveg]

There must be a small number, but I guess they are oddities rather than the norm.

One obvious example is the Watford Junction to St Albans Abbey branch line which is single track and electrified.  Passenger only and operated by a class 321 EMU.

Cheers, Mike

Until 5 years ago I lived 5 minutes up the road from the North Watford stop and often enjoyed the little scenic route to St Albans Abbey.

It had DMU's running when I first bought my house there. Electrified, so I'm reminded by Wiki, in 1988. How time flies!

The Abbey BTW is at the top of the hill; the station's at the bottom!

Dave G

[kaiwhara]

Farnham - Alton
Sheerness Branch
Crystal Palace to Beckenham Junction
Seaford Branch
Fareham to Botley
Lymington Branch
Moreton to Dorchester South.

All on the Southern

[Adam1701D]

The Abbey BTW is at the top of the hill; the station's at the bottom!

Don't I know it - I hiked down to the Abbey station after the St Albans show. Well worth it for a ride on a LM 321 and zoom into Euston afterwards. Much more fun than Thameslink.

[Chetcombe]

The Sutton to Epsom Downs line is now only single track from approaching Belmont to Epsom Downs. Another Southern EMU route

[mjspeed]

....not forgetting the Chesham branch on London Underground.

And also the loop through Heathrow Terminal 4

[dodger]

Mersey Rail loop under Liverpool.

Dodger