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Battery-powered train on trial

06 September 2013
 

The rail industry is to trial battery-powered train technology, which could be used to bridge gaps in otherwise electrified parts of the network and on branch lines where it would not be cost-effective to put up overhead wires. The Independently Powered Electric Multiple Unit (IPEMU) project will trial battery technology on one of Greater Anglia’s new Class 379 EMUs built by Bombardier. Tests will initially be conducted on the Old Dalby test track in Leicestershire. If successful, the...

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