Battery traction news
Latest news about the development and use of battery traction in the global rail industry.
Narrow gauge hybrid train order confirmed
FRANCE: Stadler has signed a contract to supply eight customised diesel-battery hybrid multiple-units for the narrow gauge Nice – Digne line operated by Chemins de Fer de Provence.
Guidance on traction power changeover locations updated
UK: The Rail Safety & Standards Board has updated industry standards and the Rule Book to include requirements and guidance for locations where multi-mode trains switch between external electric power and internal sources such as diesel or battery.
Battery train undergoes high passenger load testing
UK: Great Western Railway recruited 250 volunteers to help assess the energy consumption of its Class 230 battery train when fully loaded.
Tilting battery trainsets in Bayern’s plan to abolish diesel
GERMANY: The Land of Bayern has announced plans to replace diesel traction on 462 km of non-electrified lines with battery and electric traction by 2036.
Arriva orders battery-equipped electro-diesel trains for Grand Central
UK: Arriva Group has ordered nine electric-diesel-battery hybrid trains to replace its open access operator Grand Central’s entire fleet.
Ukrainian Railways orders battery locos
UKRAINE: National railway Ukrzaliznytsia has awarded Bulgarian company Express Service a €6m contract to supply 10 battery-powered shunters and spare parts.
ZSSK looks to the future with battery and inter-city train tenders
Traction: Battery technology adapts to rail demands
Preferred bidder chosen to renew SNCB’s DC fleet
Very light rail and pop-up metro partnership
Sugar cane company orders hybrid narrow gauge locos
Boston operator launches battery train procurement
Škoda Group orders ABB traction batteries
Train operating contract to bring a ‘generational change’ to battery traction
First battery Vectron locos ordered
Track to be upgraded for battery trains
Quarry shunting loco to be converted to battery power
CN tests medium-power hybrid locomotive
Five manufacturers invited to bid for Northern Trains fleet renewal contracts
New York Subway battery-diesel maintenance locos approved for use
Tri-mode trains launch South Wales Metro electric services
Norfolk Southern revives battery traction ambitions with Alstom partnership
Autonomous battery LRV tested in Indonesia
Rebuilt diesel-battery hybrid loco in service