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Photographer Joni Sternbach (@jstersurf) gets a lot of attention when she takes her wet-plate collodion equipment, used for the intricate photo process made famous during the U.S. Civil War, to beaches around the world. Besides the large cameras, pre-mixed chemicals and jugs of water, a dark box is required to create her tintype photos. "Once you go to a small beach with a big outfit you are very noticeable," the native New Yorker says. Sunbathers, surfers and swimmers all wonder what's inside, often asking her whether it's a puppet show or cappuccino maker. "The size of the camera and the immediacy of the wet-plate collodion is what really draws people into this project," Joni says. "That is why the process is so important to me." Photo by @jstersurf
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Gov. Jerry Brown has signed legislation sponsored by Board of Equalization Member George Runner and authored by Sen. Patricia Bates, R-Laguna Niguel, that expands eligibility for the state's property tax exemption to disabled military veterans who were discharged under "other than honorable conditions."
"We should do everything we can to honor veterans injured as a result of their service," said Runner. "By making this small change, more California veterans will be given access to a benefit offered to them by a state grateful for their sacrifices."
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Over the last few years, Docker has relied on their own container management system to not only form the roadmap of their company, but also attract high dollar investors. But this all changed as the company announced their support of Kubernetes at DockerCon Europe 2017 in Copenhagen. With Docker being the leading platform for software containerization, this announcement shows just how valuable Kubernetes are in the container orchestration space.
Docker has always focused on the developer, offering the ability to use a standard framework to build, ship and run applications. Their primary platform to orchestrate containers is Docker Swarm., which also offers a close integration with Docker Enterprise Edition. With the integration of Kubernetes, Swarm offers value-added capabilities above Kubernetes.
Organizations will now be able to make use of Kubernetes, while still relying on Docker's various management features, including security scanning. In addition to Windows and Linux, the system will also be compatible with a variety of Docker-certified container images.
Docker and Kubernetes have been competing against each other since 2015, making this move even more genius. In 2016, Docker partnered with Microsoft and brought its container runtime to the Azure cloud platform, gaining a lot of Windows platform support.
Kubernetes, also referred to as k8s, was originally developed by Google, and is now hosted by the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (CNCF). It's an open source platform that aims to enhance cloud native technology development by using a new set of container technologies. With Kubernetes, you can deploy and schedule container applications in both virtual and physical environments, making it a leading container orchestration engine.
"We're embracing Kubernetes into our product line. We're bringing Kubernetes into Docker Enterprise Edition as a first-class orchestrator right alongside Docker Swarm," said Scott Johnston, Chief Operating Officer of Docker. He also mentioned that they will be integrating Kubernetes into their Mac and Windows products. Steve Singh, Chief Executive Officer of Docker, believes that embracing Kubernetes will rule out potential conflicts, and that they want customers to have a choice between using Swarm or Kubernetes, or both. "Our hope is that every application company in the world builds and delivers their products on the Docker platform in Docker containers," Singh said.
But Kubernetes offer far more; it has many capabilities specifically for orchestration, including load balancing, service discovery and horizontal scaling. It also gives organizations the ability to have a flexible platform to execute their workloads in the cloud, or on-site, without the need for any application layer changes. Kubernetes also has a very large developer community, making it one of the fastest growing open source projects in the world.
Container technology is growing rapidly every year, with the market expecting to grow around 40 percent every year, to an impressive $2.7 billion by 2020. Experts believe that a big factor in this growth potential is the fact that organizations are incorporating containers specifically due to their portability, which reduces costs and offers better infrastructure utilization.
Kubernetes are fast becoming the central container orchestration engine for various leading cloud providers such as IBM, Google, Pivotal, Oracle, Microsoft, and Red Hat. Most industry leaders in Platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) have also joined CNCF, making Kubernetes part of their service offering.
Going forward, every six months Kubernetes will be updated, beginning with version 1.8 that is included in Docker's Enterprise Edition. For desktop users who often use Docker, the Windows and Mac versions will be taken directly from the master, ensuring that features are always developed in a timely manner without any complications.
It's also interesting to note that Solomon Hykes, one of the founding members of Docker, is also on the technical committee of the CNCF, the group that manages containerd, Linkerd, and Kubernetes, along with a few other popular container-focused projects. Hykes is a founding member and has been contributing to various CNCF projects.
"We're already active. With this announcement, that's going to continue and accelerate. We intend to be first class citizens and participate as full class members," said Johnston.
Johnston also noted that they are working with a security team that was acquired from Square a few years ago, and they are handling most of the security work for Docker Enterprise Edition. The team constantly improves the overall security of the platform, and will continue to do so.
Docker decided to provide a design that allows for the simultaneous running of Swarm and Kubernetes in the same cluster. When Swarm is deployed, an option is provided to also install Kubernetes, which will then take on the redundancy design of the Swarm install.
Hykes said that developers who use Docker won't have to learn new tools for Kubernetes. Rather, complete Kubernetes distribution will be built-in with the next version of Docker, allowing developers to use the same tools they have always used.
"You can just keep developing and it just works, and if you do want to use Kubernetes tools, Docker is a good distribution, so you get the best of all worlds," Hykes said.
When looking at resources, it might be challenging as both Swarm and Kubernetes can run on one host, each being unaware of the other. This means that each orchestrator will adapt complete use of a single host, which is why Docker does not recommend that both be run on the same host.
With Kubernetes now being the modern standard for container orchestration, Docker made the perfect decision to support Kubernetes. Instead of competing, it is embracing the technology and offering their clients exactly what they want – developer tools that are easy to work with.
This is definitely a very important moment for the container ecosystem, as Docker remains a leader when it comes to container-based development. With availability expected Q1 2018, and integration of Kubernetes with Docker EE, Docker is not only a leading development platform, but also serves as a production-level platform that can compete with PaaS solutions.


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Q: Restart a velocity.js animation loop after stopping I'm trying to find out if there's a way to restart a velocity animation after it has been stopped.
Is there a velocity only way without applying a new animation with same properties again?
var box = $('.box');
box.velocity({rotateZ:'360deg'}, {duration:1000, loop:true});

// That's a dummy to explain what I'm trying  to do
setTimeout(function{
  box.velocity('stop');

  setTimeout(function(){
    box.velocity('START ORIGIN ANIMATION AGAIN');
  });
}, 2000);

A: I know, it is a bit late response to the question. Velocity.js adds Pause / Resume (per element or global) feature to it since 1.4 version.
You can use the feature like this;
$element.velocity('pause');

or

$element.velocity('resume');

I hope it helps.

A: Of course it's possible!
function Start() {

    var box = $('.box');

    DoRotation();

    $('#GoBtn').click(function() {

        box.velocity('stop').velocity({rotateZ:'0deg'}, {duration:1});

        setTimeout(DoRotation, 1000);

    });

    function DoRotation() {

         box.velocity({rotateZ:'360deg'}, {duration:1000, loop:true});
    }
}

$(Start);

And here's a jsFiddle to show it in action: http://jsfiddle.net/uy6578an/
I use something like this where I start and restart an amination and it works no problem, take a look at here to see it running on the timer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKEW02J3usA

A: It can be easily done with a setInterval() method.
var box = $('.box');
setInterval(function() {
    box.velocity({translateY: '-100%'}, 5000);
    box.velocity('reverse', {duration: 1});
}, 5000);

A: If what you mean is a pause()/resume() features, then no, it's currently not implemented in Velocity.
You'll have to manually restart your animation and you can use force-feeding to restart it from where you last stopped it.

A: As ydaniv mentioned, there is no pause / resume functionality.
However, you might have some success looking into Tweene as it extendeds Velocity.js and it's functionality.
To quote the Tweene docs "With Tweene you have now play(), pause(), resume(), reverse() and restart() methods for all supported libraries, for both tweens and timelines."

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Q: Display bug in "Similar questions" dropdown when Asking a question (Firefox) Text gets overlaid on top of itself and unreadable when scrolling the "Similar questions" dropdown when Asking a question.
Steps to reproduce:

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*Start typing the question title. "Similar questions" list gets populated.

*Scroll the "Similar questions" list - OK

*Go back to the question title and refine it.

*Scroll the "Similar questions" list - text is overlaid when scrolled!?

Tested Firefox v72.0.2 and v73.0
Doesn't seem to be a problem in Chrome/Opera.
Close and reopen the dropdown does resolve the issue.


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André Roche, born in 1952 in France, is an artist, an illustrator and an author of comics and children's books.

Biography
André Roche received a bachelor's degree of Tourism, Hotel Administration and Culinary Arts (= "BTH") from the Lycée Hôtelier Alexandre Dumas in Strasbourg. He began his career in Germany, working in various establishments in order to perfect his knowledge of German. In 1971, he decided to settle in Bavaria while working at the prestigious Tantris restaurant in Munich.

At this time, he was able to realize a childhood dream, learning to do film animation (animation, claymation and stop-motion) at studios located in Munich. In 1975, he went on his own, free-lancing for publishing houses and advertising agencies.

As an artist and illustrator, with the help of a team of writers and artists, he created and drew about 160 comic stories and also did merchandising artwork for "Maya the Bee", then others for "Wonderful Adventures of Nils", "Taotao", "Tom and Jerry", "Alice In Wonderland", "Vicky the Viking", "Heidi", "Mickey Mouse", "Donald Duck", and the "Pink Panther". For his ability to create new characters perfectly in line with the style of a series, Medien Bulletin 9/89 (Kellerer & Partners publisher) named him "best adapter of licensed characters in Germany".

In the late 70's, he was a pioneer in the use of air-brush techniques for cartoon and animated characters and their backgrounds. This approach gave them a three-dimensional look that only became common decades later with the introduction of computer colorisation and the construction and use of avatars in 3D modeling programs.

At the same time, he did cover art, illustrations and caricatures for various magazines such as "Das Rechtsmagazin" (legal), "Das Industriemagazin" (industry), and "Die Funkschau" (electronics), later also for "AV-Invest" (electronic equipment), which later became "AV-LIVE".

As a founding member (1981) of  The German Association for Comics "ICOM", André Roche belonged to a small group of artists who, in 1984, succeeded in convincing the culture office of the town of Erlangen that it would be a good idea to have a comic show there. This show is now held every two years.

In 1983, André Roche began creating small three dimensional characters to put in the chocolate eggs called "Kinder Surprise", manufactured by the Ferrero company. The first ones he did were to expand the "Happy Frogs" (1986) and "Tapsy Turtles" (1987) series. He also drew the model sheets and the puzzles for the licensed series "Taotao" (="Pandi-Panda"), Pumuckl, Disney's version of The Jungle Book (1967 film) characters, Maya the Bee, Donald Duck, the Smurfs, the Aristocats, and Mickey Mouse.

In 1987, he created, for Ferrero, the characters "Happy Hippos", which over the years came back as "The Fitness Hippos", "The Happy Hippos' Dream Cruise", "The Happy Hippo's Enterprise", "The Happy Hippos Get Married", "The Happy Hippos Hollywood Stars", "The Hipperium" (a send-up of the Star Wars Trilogy authorized by George Lucas), "The Happy Hippo Talent Show". The popularity of the "Happy Hippos" characters led Ferrero in 1993 to put new products on the market: the "Kinder Happy Hippo Snack" and the "Kinder Happy Hippo Cacao".

More André Roche creations followed, such as "The Crazy Crocos", "The Funny Pingos", "The Tiny Turtles", "The Drolly Dinos", "The Elephantos", "The Bingo Birds", (crows playing tennis) and the "Eco Bunnies" (skiing rabbits). These series had different names from country to country. Several of them were also used in ad campaigns for other Ferrero products. André Roche directed and did the animation of the most animated cartoon TV spots used in German language markets.

Sources
 Die Biene Maja (= Maya the Bee) () 1976 ZuijoEizo/Apollo Film, Pestalozzi Verlag, publisher
 Das neue Biene Maja Buch (= The new Maya The Bee Book) () 1978 Zuijo Eizo/Apollo Film, Pestalozzi Verlag, publisher
 "Die Biene Maja und die Maus" (= Maya The Bee And The Mouse) () 1979 Zuijo Eizo/Apollo Film, Pestalozzi Verlag, publisher
 "Nils Holgersson" 1981 (cover) () Merchandising, Munich, Unipart Verlag, publisher
 "Art Directors' Index to Illustration, Graphics & Design", No. 4, 1983 RotoVision SA/Ch-1211 Genf
 "Heut' kommt Micky zu Besuch!"  (= "Mickey Comes To Visit Us Today") 1983 ()  Disney, Pestalozzi Verlag, publisher
 "Who's Who in München" 1983 ( LN) / The international red series Verlag / Zurich
 "The Creative Index Austria/Germany/Switzerland" 1993 RotoVision SA / CH-1295 Mies
 "Donalds Ducks Abenteuer auf dem Bauernhof" (= "The Adventures of Donald Duck on the Farm") 1984 ( Disney, Pestalozzi Verlag, publisher
 "ICOM-INFO 23" (1984) (House organ of The German Comics Association "ICOM")
 "Creative City Scene München" 1992 Roto Vision SA/CH-1295 Mies
 "Die Kunst der Comics" (= "The Art of The Comics") () 1985 Aleph Publishing / D-8551 Heroldsbach
 "Kinder Überraschung / Bunter Sammelspass aus dem Ei" (= "Kinder Surprise / Colorful Fun From The Egg") (see page 42) () 1994 Falken-Verlag, Niedernhausen / Germany.
 "Das gelbe vom Ei" (= literally The Yellow of the Egg, a German play on words meaning "The Quintessence") of Holger Jenrich () 2007 Lübbe/Bergisch Gladbach Publishing Group (read pages 23 to 28)
 SU-Katalog "Spielzeug aus dem Ei" (= Toy Out Of The Egg) / Publisher: Fantasia Verlag, Dreieich (Germany). This catalogue appears yearly (for example, the ISBN for 2008/2009 is 3935976510) and has text in German, English, Italian and French.
 "O-Ei-A – Preisführer" (= O-Ei-A-Price List) for example, the ISBN for the 2003/2004 issue is 3933863201 and has text in German, English, Italian and French.
 "Dernières Nouvelles d'Alsace" (="DNA") No.192 "DNA reflets" of 15 March 2008 / Easter Special / page 11.
 "Mystères et boules de glace" () 2008 Cosmogone Editions / This book (in French) explains to children where the taste of icecreams comes from.

References

 Illustrations by André Roche for Disney's "Jungle Book"- merchandising items.
 André Roche biography on Lambiek Comiclopedia
 Informations about Maya The Bee
 Diverse informations about hippopotamus: look under "cultural depictions"
 André Roche's website
 Several international presentations of the Happy Hippos serie "Happy Hippo Talent Show".
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 The site of The German Comics Association, ICOM.
  Report (in German) on the 2008 Erlangen Comics Exposition.
 International catalogue of Comic Book covers (in German). For example: covers / Kategorie B / Bastei / B / Biene Maja (Heft 1st Series).
 Long TV story about the "Kinder Surprise" phenomenon: collectors, creators, store-owners, manufacturer. (Be patient as this takes a few seconds to download).

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1. The Christian Church in the western world is losing ground.
2. By no means all, but more and more Christians find that what the Church has to offer is irrelevant.
3. Leadership is either conflicted or going through the motions (there are some exceptions).
Churches in most western countries are closing. Larger and more artificial communities are being created by amalgamating parishes because many members are no longer participating.
All those who no longer take part in "organised" religion have a story to tell. "It no longer does it for me", is the reply. When pressed further they will mention the contraception issue or the role of women in the Church, or say that science has filled in the gap that religion claimed knowledge of, or, you know, I even doubt the existence of God, I can't see him in my life, and clergy abuse is the final impediment.
Leadership in our Church is a huge disappointment. Pope Francis hoped for so much from his two synods. What he got was bickering, factionalism and unresolved issues. Rebellion on one occasion was almost above the surface. Francis has said to bishops' conferences around the world that if they had "ideas that were thought through" about future directions for the Church they should present them to him and he would consider them seriously. Has the New Zealand conference seen the benefits of such a task? Not to my knowledge. Has the Australian conference participated in such an exercise? Not to my knowledge. If they had indeed answered the invitation why have the laity not been consulted?
The above illustrated points are facts and no rationalising or seductive rhetoric will alter them. There is a further profoundly sad fact which underlines the entire body of our Church and it is this. God gave to the Christian community his most precious jewel in the person of his Son. Jesus infused the apostles and disciples with his person and his teaching. "Go to all nations," he said "tell them and teach them all things that I have imparted to you." There are a number of texts in the Scriptures which express the depth and certainty of this mission and the promise of eternal life which accompanies it. This philosophy of life, this promise is entrusted to the Christian Church. Peter was given "the keys of the kingdom". His mission and the Church's, is to take not just Jesus' message as encompassed in part in the Beatitudes, but the person himself, the jewel of God, and introduce him to the people of the world. Today this is not happening in the Western world, nor are we able to retain our own.
What then is different in today's Church from the Jewish religion which Jesus was born into? Laws were strictly adhered to in Judaism. Transgressions were severely punished. For example women indulging in adultery were stoned to death. In fact women were without doubt subservient to men. Religious structure was very much an important facet of Judaism. In our Church of today structure, traditional structure, is seen as extremely — and I would say excessively — important. It has been so for the hundred years my mind or those of my parents' generation can traverse. It has echoes of the Jewish tradition, the one Christ came to perfect. There is no stoning but rather the threat of eternal damnation. However this is not the dramatic headline of yesteryear.
Pope Francis is concerned about the direction of our Church and introduced a Year of Mercy which is one of the hallmarks of Jesus mission. Today's Church is weak in matters of spiritual life. In fact our Church is lost with regard to this. It needs to go back to Jesus himself and look to his person and mission again. It is my opinion that a prayerful scholarly consultative rethink with full participation with the laity is necessary to produce a truly relevant Church today. Tradition, a great strength of our Church is also a huge weakness. At no time in history is that more evident than today. What used to be, is not necessarily relevant today. Scripture warns about putting new wine into old caskets. Human nature is not a static entity, rather it adapts to the changing environment of the times.
Let me say that I do not have all the answers to the Church`s demise. I am but a canary down the mine shaft. There are many like me but nothing can be meaningfully achieved unless our leaders i.e our bishops take initiative. The time is most opportune now with Pope Francis occupying Peter's chair. There is an open window. Soon it may be shut.
Never let it be lost on us that we have been given the enormous privilege of being part of Christ's discipleship. It is incumbent upon us, the Christian community, itself in need of refinement, to acknowledge and present to others the precious gift of God's jewel.
This jewel, Jesus himself, has been for too long neglected in the name of religion (structure). Important as this religious structure is, it must always be the bridesmaid, never the bride. Our relationship with Jesus (spiritual dimension) is paramount. Without this intimate connection with him any talk of Christianity is an empty concept and this is what I fear we have and are inheriting. We can change. We must change. But as each year goes by many disciples are lost to the Church. This surely runs counter to Christ's wishes.


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Die Midland Main Line ist eine Eisenbahnstrecke in Großbritannien. Sie verbindet London mit Luton, Bedford, Kettering, Leicester, Derby, Nottingham und Sheffield. Früher reichte die Linie weiter nach Manchester im Nordwesten und Leeds im Nordosten; Züge verkehrten auch weiter nach Glasgow und Edinburgh in Schottland. Da die West Coast Main Line und die East Coast Main Line nach Elektrifizierung und weiteren Ausbauten schneller geworden sind, hat die Midland Main Line an Bedeutung verloren.

Nach einem im November 2021 vorgelegten Plan wird jedoch inzwischen an einer Elektrifizierung bis nach Nottingham bzw. Sheffield gearbeitet.
Die im Bau befindliche Hochgeschwindigkeitsstrecke High Speed 2 von London nordwärts soll mit einem ab Birmingham geplanten östlichen Ast bei der Station East Midlands Parkway in die Midland Main Line einmünden. Über die Neubaustrecke und weiter auf der zu modernisierenden Midland Main Line werden HS2-Züge bis nach Nottingham, Derby, und möglicherweise bis Sheffield und Leeds verkehren können.

Strecke und Betrieb

Die Midland Main Line führt durch die hügeligen Gegenden der Midlands, so dass die Durchschnittsgeschwindigkeit im Vergleich zu anderen Hauptstrecken bedeutend geringer ist. Wie auf der West Coast Main Line setzt Virgin Trains seit 2003 auch hier Neigezüge des Typs Pendolino ein. Schnellzüge auf dieser Strecke werden seit 2007 von der Gesellschaft Midland Mainline angeboten (heute von East Midlands Trains betrieben).

Der elektrifizierte Abschnitt zwischen London St Pancras und Bedford (Oberleitung mit 25 kV Wechselstrom) bildet den nördlichen Teil der Thameslink-Vorortbahn (Betrieb durch First Capital Connect), die von Bedford nach Brighton verkehrt. Auf dem Abschnitt zwischen Derby und Sheffield verkehren Züge der Gesellschaft Virgin Trains. Lokalverkehr in der Region Leicester/ Derby/ Sheffield wird durch East Midlands Trains (ehemals Central Trains) angeboten.

Geschichte

19. Jahrhundert
Die Midland Main Line wurde zwischen den 1830er- und 1860er-Jahren schrittweise erbaut. Drei unterschiedliche Strecken trafen in Derby aufeinander. Die erste war die Birmingham and Derby Junction Railway von Hampton-in-Arden (Warwickshire) an der London and Birmingham Railway nach Derby, die am 12. August 1839 eröffnet wurde. Dieser Abschnitt ist heute Teil der Cross-Country Route von Derby über Birmingham nach Bristol.

Am 1. Juli 1840 folgte die North Midland Railway, die von Derby über Chesterfield, Swinton, Rotherham und Normanton (West Yorkshire) nach Leeds führte. Es existierte eine Zweigstrecken von Rotherham nach Sheffield. Die Linie führte an Sheffield, Barnsley und Wakefield vorbei, um zu große Steigungen zu vermeiden.

Am selben Tag wurde die Midland Counties Railway, die von Derby und Nottingham nach Leicester führte, über Leicester hinaus zu einem temporären Bahnhof nördlich von Rugby verlängert. Wenige Monate später war der Rugby-Viadukt fertiggestellt und die Midland Counties Railway verkehrte weiter zum Bahnhof Rugby der London and Birmingham Railway. Gegenüber der Route über Hampton-in-Arden war diese Verbindung rund 18 km kürzer.

Als diese drei Gesellschaften am 10. Mai 1844 zur Midland Railway fusionierten, besaß die neue Gesellschaft keine eigene Strecke nach London. Aus diesem Grund mussten ihre Züge auf der Strecke der London and Birmingham Railway (ab 1846 London and North Western Railway) von Rugby aus nach London Euston verkehren, um einen Zugang zur Hauptstadt zu haben.

In den 1850er-Jahren stieß die Verzweigung in Rugby an ihre Kapazitätsgrenzen. Daher errichtete die Midland Railway eine eigene Strecke von Leicester über Bedford nach Hitchin an der Great Northern Railway. Sie umfährt Nottingham und verläuft stattdessen durch Kettering und Wellingborough im Osten von Nottinghamshire. Südlich von Hitchin ergaben sich wieder dieselben Probleme wie zuvor bei Rugby. Die Midland Railway errichtete aus diesem Grund eine Verlängerung ihrer Südstrecke von Bedford über Luton nach London St Pancras.

Der letzte Abschnitt, der zur heutigen Midland Main Line gezählt wird, war eine Abkürzung zwischen Chesterfield und Sheffield, die 1870 eröffnet wurde. Ebenfalls als Teil der Midland Main Line wird die Erewash Valley Line betrachtet, die von Chesterfield über Nottingham nach Long Eaton führt und als Ausweichroute dient. Um den Befürchtungen und der Opposition der Landbesitzer entlang der Linie Rechnung zu tragen, wurde die Midland Railway an einigen Stellen so gebaut, dass sie große Landgüter und ländliche Siedlungen umfährt. Um die Kosten zu senken, passte man die Streckenführung an die Topografie an, was zahlreiche Kurven zur Folge hatte.

20. und 21. Jahrhundert
In den 1980er-Jahren wurde die Midland Main Line für den Regionalverkehr zwischen London und Bedford elektrifiziert. Im Fernverkehr erfolgte damals die Einführung des dieselbetriebenen High Speed Train, der die Erhöhung der Höchstgeschwindigkeit von 90 mph (145 km/h) auf 110 mph (177 km/h) ermöglichte. 2008 wurde der neue Bahnhof East Midlands Parkway eröffnet. Die 2013 veröffentlichten Pläne, die Midland Main Line von Bedford nach Nottingham bzw. Derby nach Sheffield zu elektrifizieren, wurden im Juli 2017 gestoppt. Ausgeführt wurde nur die Elektrifizierung des Abschnitts von Bedford bis Kettering inklusive des Abzweiges nach Corby. Auf dieser Strecke verkehren seit Mai 2021 elektrische Siemens-Desiro-Züge der Baureihe 360 anstelle von dieselgetriebenen Bombardier Voyager.  Im November 2021 stellte die Regierung ihren Integrated Rail Plan vor, der den Ausbau und die vollständige Elektrifizierung der Strecke umfasst. Am 15. Juli 2022 wurden die Arbeiten zur Elektrifizierung wieder aufgenommen. Bis Januar 2024 soll der Abschnitt von Kettering nach Norden bis zur Verzweigung Wigston fertiggestellt werden.

Ehemalige Zweigstrecken
Im Gegensatz zu heute war die Midland Main Line früher bedeutend länger. Zahlreiche Zweigstrecken wurden stillgelegt oder unterbrochen, auf anderen gibt es keine Direktzüge mehr.

Corby liegt an einer Ausweichroute zwischen Kettering und Loughborough, die an Leicester vorbeiführte. Diese wurde 1966 für den Personenverkehr geschlossen, seither war Corby die größte Stadt Großbritanniens ohne Bahnanschluss. Im April 2009 wurde der Bahnhof wieder in Betrieb genommen und wird seither von East Midlands Trains bedient, unter anderem mit direkten Verbindungen nach London. Von Kettering bis Corby ist die Zweigstrecke seit 2017 elektrifiziert.

Eine bedeutende Zweigstrecke war jene von Ambergate aus über Matlock und Buxton in Richtung Manchester. Seit der Stilllegung des mittleren Abschnitts Matlock–Buxton im Jahr 1968 verkehren keine Direktzüge zwischen London und Manchester mehr über die Midland Main Line.

Weblinks

Siehe auch
 Liste von Eisenbahnstrecken in Großbritannien
 Schienenverkehr in Großbritannien

Einzelnachweise

Bahnstrecke in England

Midland Railway