JAPAN: East Japan Railway has announced the results of its experiments with a 6 m² piezoelectric floor covering, which was fitted at the ticket gates of a Tokyo station where it used the movement of passengers to generate electricity.
It worked, but only just. Production peaked at 10 kW-sec a day - equivalent to lighting a 100 W bulb for 100 sec - but the output decreased after three weeks and 800?000 passengers due to the degradation of the piezoelectric elements.
This week’s round-up of business news from the UK railway industry
PORTUGAL: The national rail discount pass launched by the government on October 21 has seen strong uptake in the first month.
UK: Open access operator Grand Central has formerly applied to industry regulator the Office for Rail & Road to extend its current track access rights which run to 2027 until 2038 to ensure its long-term future. The Arriva-owned company said this could unlock the conditions for ...
