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June 19, 2019 | Fleet

Stadler wins Schleswig-Holstein battery train order

SCHLESWIG-Holstein transport authority NAH.SH has selected Stadler as preferred bidder for a contract to supply and maintain a fleet of 55 Flirt Akku battery-electric multiple units for operation on regional lines in the German state.

April 30, 2019 | Fleet

Saxony allocates €60m to EcoTrain hybrid train project

THE government of the German state of Saxony has allocated €60m over 10 years to enable the extension of the EcoTrain hybrid train concept across the 217km Erzgebirge Diesel Network.

April 15, 2019 | Fleet

Siemens battery EMU demonstrated in Austria

AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) and Siemens demonstrated the operation of the prototype Desiro ML battery-electric multiple unit on April 12 in connection with a congress on regional public transport in Wiener Neustadt.

March 18, 2019 | Technology

Vivarail demonstrates fast battery charging system

BRITISH rolling stock manufacturer Vivarail has demonstrated a new fast charge system, which it says can fully charge its class 230 battery train in seven minutes for a 100km trip.

February 19, 2019 | Infrastructure

Railcare develops battery infrastructure maintenance vehicle

RAILCARE, Sweden, has unveiled plans to manufacture a battery Multi-Purpose Vehicle (MPV) for rail infrastructure maintenance.

January 31, 2019 | Fleet

Britain could eliminate diesel-only passenger trains by 2040, says report

A proposal by the British government to eliminate diesel-only passenger trains from the main line network by 2040 is feasible, according to the initial findings of a technical review by the Rail Industry Decarbonisation Taskforce and the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB).

December 27, 2018 | Fleet

Battery trains sought for Saarland regional line

THE Ministry of Economy, Labour, Energy and Transport in the German state of Saarland has published a tender for the operation of regional services on the Saarbrücken - Lebach-Jabach with a requirement for the use of battery-electric rolling stock.

October 17, 2018 | North America

BNSF and GE to trial battery-electric locomotive in California

THE California Air Resource Board has awarded BNSF Railway and San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District a $US 22.6m grant to pilot low-emissions technologies including battery-electric locomotives in and around freight yards in the state.

October 16, 2018 | Fleet

Porterbrook plans Siemens Desiro battery-electric conversion

BRITISH rolling stock leasing company Porterbrook has completed an engineering assessment that makes a positive case for the conversion of a Siemens class 350 Desiro 25kV 50Hz ac EMU into a battery-electric train.

September 15, 2018 | Fleet

Bombardier unveils battery-electric Talent 3

BOMBARDIER presented its prototype battery-electric Talent 3 multiple unit to guests including Mr Enak Ferlemann, state secretary at the German Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure, on September 12 with an inaugural run on the test track at the company’s Hennigsdorf plant in Berlin.

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