This Press Release from Hitachi Rail starts with these three points: Hitachi Rail, Angel Trains and TransPeninne Express (TPE) agree to trial retrofitting battery on intercity train, Trial, starting next year, can cut fuel usage by …
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Sydney Trains heads for zero emissions (IntlRailJ)
Agreement to purchase green energy sourced from wind and solar will offset nearly 700,000 tonnes of CO2. SYDNEY Trains has reached a four-year agreement to purchase renewable energy certificates to offset the network’s electricity use …
Continue readingGerman fast charging battery trains successfully tested (RailTech)
The rapid charging station for battery trains Voltap has passed its technical baptism of fire. A battery train from Stadler Rail was successfully charged with Voltap, developed by Swiss catenary specialist Furrer + Frey and …
Continue reading5th anniversary of 1st battery train on AC network (RailBusiness)
Kyushu Railway Company (JR Kyushu) and Hitachi Rail are celebrating five years since the first run of the DENCHA train, the world’s first battery-powered passenger train charged by AC overhead lines. Having seen the fleet …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 15 October 2021
• Freightliner withdraws electric fleet due to high electricity prices (RailMag) • Dartmoor Line to reopen after almost half a century (RailEngineer) • Transport noise linked to increased risk of dementia: study (Guardian) • How …
Continue readingFLXdrive full battery locomotive (RailwayAge)
Wabtec’s FLXdrive, described as “the world’s first 100% battery, heavy-haul locomotive,” fresh off testing on BNSF, was front and center at a Sept. 10 event at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) to mark the signing of …
Continue readingElectrification islands proposed on Brandenburg route (Railpage)
Hybrid battery-electric trains could be running on the Berlin – Neuruppin – Wittenberge route by 2028, according to a study undertaken for the District of Ostprignitz-Ruppin by the Innoverse transport consultancy. Marketed as Prignitz Express, the …
Continue readingThor Point transformer car bi-mode conversion concept (AnonWidower)
In his Informed Sources column in the August 2021 Edition of Modern Railways, Roger Ford has a section with the same sub-title as this post. He discusses what is to happen to the Class 22x …
Continue readingDfT funds prototype to electrify UK rail freight terminals (RailBusiness)
A prototype electrified rail freight terminal in Dunbar is one of 30 projects to have received funding from Innovate UK and the Department for Transport as part of the First of a Kind 2021 rail …
Continue readingHybridFLEX prototype battery-diesel MU (RailBusiness)
Chiltern Railways has unveiled its prototype HybridFLEX multiple-unit fitted with a hybrid traction system which can offer zero emissions and near silent operation at stations and in other sensitive locations. Developed by the operator, leasing …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 9 July 2021
• UK urged to decarbonise railways with electrification plan (E&T) • Reprieve for 46 old railway bridges but dozens more face infill (Times) • Air grievances: NYC pollution maps by source (UrbanOmnibus) • Connect the …
Continue readingFriday Reads – 7 May 2021
• East Midlands Railway launches 1st electric route after electrification (RailTech) • How the London General Omnibus Co icon was nearly a rabbit (IanVisits) • Swedes building all-electric hydrofoil ferry to serve Stockholm (Engineer) • …
Continue readingTrolleybus cities world atlas (TrolleyMotion)
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Continue readingIndia using hybrid trolleybus Bus Rapid Transit as metro alternative (UrbanTransport)
The expansion of public transport is urgently needed in many Indian cities, but the construction of metros and rapid transit systems, which has been the main focus so far, is often facing serious limitations: Construction …
Continue readingBus electrification: A comparison of capital costs (UrbanTransport)
INDUSTRY FOCUS: Alternative Propulsion Systems 1. Introduction In the last few years, transport planners have increasingly been concerned about the need to move towards a low carbon/zero carbon future. Even for cities with extensive electric …
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