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'UK-first' intercity battery trial train outperforms diesel (electrek.co)

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Some of our railway routes are the oldest in the world. Tunnels and bridges weren't built with the consideration of overhead electrification. So what do you do?

Electrify the parts you can and have trains that can run without external supply for the bits you can't electrify.

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