Rapid-charging battery train trial launched
by Neil Lancefield
Mar 15, 2024
2 minutes
A rapid-charging battery train trial, which could help end diesel operations on branch lines, has been launched.
Great Western Railway (GWR) is conducting a 12-month pilot of the technology on the two-and-a-half-mile Greenford branch line in west London.
The system involves batteries fitted to a former District line train being topped up during four-minute turnarounds at West Ealing
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