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July 10, 2021 | Analysis

Repurposing passenger trains to meet e-commerce boom

The climate change agenda and explosion in e-commerce is offering British companies the opportunity to repurpose redundant electric trains. Richard Clinnick reports on the latest project.

July 8, 2021 | Fleet

Siemens to build 73 trains for Amtrak including first battery-hybrid  

Amtrak believes the new trains will add extra 1.5 million passengers annually.  

July 6, 2021 | Fleet

British class 66 to trial hydrogen-bio gas combo

Freightliner to test locomotive with dual-fuel technology.

July 4, 2021 | Fleet

ÖBB Infrastructure places €248m order for new maintenance fleet

First new vehicles to start work on Koralm Railway from 2023.

July 2, 2021 | Technology

PKP Power Engineering launches energy storage facility

First of 300 ‘power banks’ planned for Polish railway network.

June 25, 2021 | Rolling stock

British government needs to order hydrogen fleet says RIA

Voice of Britain’s rail supply chain calls for hydrogen train order to kickstart decarbonisation.

June 24, 2021 | Light Rail

CAF to build more than 60 battery-powered EMUs for Germany

Battery EMUs will be introduced on the Lower Rhine-Münsterland network.

June 21, 2021 | Infrastructure

Levenmouth line to be fully electrified

Battery electric trains to be used initially on reopened Scottish railway.

June 17, 2021 | Rolling stock

First Welsh hybrid-power D-Train carries passengers

IRJ at Rail Live 2021: Battery-powered class 230 shuttles delegates between Honeybourne and outside exhibition.

June 14, 2021 | High-speed

Deal agreed to build Europe’s largest MagRail test track

Polish site to be used for tests, with aim of MagRail technology in use by 2025.

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