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Written by Sustainable us on 2025-01-17 at 11:04

The government cancelled road widening in South West England, and the Stonehenge tunnel, a new study says new investment in rail is needed instead.

Including battery electric 'hybrid' trains that can run on unelectrified parts and charge along electrified parts.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2mnz9xejyo

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Written by MidgePhoto on 2025-01-17 at 13:30

@Havant_Enviro GWR have an experimental battery set train running. It does seem obvious.

One of the nice bits is that you can electrify the stretches easiest to watch and hardest to steal the cables from, and not electrify the insecure parts. And nothing stops you having a generator unit on a set, if you still have a gap.

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Written by Sustainable us on 2025-01-17 at 14:18

@midgephoto

Yes.

Green Signals on Youtube have covered it.

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