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InnoTrans showcases ‘green’ power

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ALTERNATIVE energy sources – especially battery and hydrogen power – dominated the new trains on show at the world’s largest rail trade fair, InnoTrans, which returned after a four year gap due to the Covid-19 pandemic in Berlin in September.

In all, 137,394 visitors attended this year from 131 countries (down from 161,157 in 2018); the majority international visitors. A total of 2,834 companies (down 228 versus 2018) from 56 countries (120+ from the UK) exhibited at the show which filled almost every bit of space at the Messe Berlin trade fair site. There were 28 rail vehicles on display on the more than 4km of outdoor exhibition

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