#electrictrains — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #electrictrains, aggregated by home.social.
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UK’s first rapid-charging battery train ready for boarding this weekend | Rail industry | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/jan/30/uk-first-rapid-charging-battery-train -
"The Council is working on a business case for investment in new trains which could be a combination of electric and battery, and this will be submitted to the government later in 2024. If successful, we will need to place an order in either 2025 or 2026. Again, it is important that Te Huia continues to attract more people to use the service, so that the best possible case can be made for new trains."
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NYC leads the way with historic move towards cleaner transportation: introducing battery-electric trains for a more flexible and efficient train network. #climatechange #climatesolutions #climate #ElectricTrains #PublicTransportation #SustainableTransport
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J-3_wP-YFI4
Good heavens, if you put on more, faster services on modern rolling stock, people start using trains…
"This video explores how electrification transformed Caltrain from a dying commuter line into a national example of what modern public transit can look like.”
#Electrification
#PublicTransit
#Railroads
#SFBayArea
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If the entire rail network was electrified, and the lines were over-engineered to carry far more juice than a fully utilized and extended rail network could use, it could be a backup channel for the national electricity grid. Renewable generation could be added at small to medium scale, anywhere along the rail corridors, and either used by electric trains, or fed back into the general electricity supply.
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... and in #GoodNews;
"First Electric Train Rolls Into Pukekohe"
https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2502/S00002/first-electric-train-rolls-into-pukekohe.htm
#PublicTransport #trains #ElectricTrains #Auckland #Pukekohe
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Another article that confuses me. Why are subways not using regenerative braking already? This is a tech from the 20s (the previous ones). Why do they need to feed the power to EV charging stations, and not just power trains.
#electrictrains #subway #greentransition
https://grist.org/transportation/barcelona-is-turning-subway-trains-into-power-stations/
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After what seems an eternity, the #rail line to #EastKilbride is getting electrified! Contracts have been let, project should be finished by end of 2025 (unless #ScottishGovernment are forced to slow down the #decarbonisation spend again...)
#Decarbonization #Electrification #railway #ElectricTrains #Scotland
