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Hitachi Rail wins new UK contract to build intercity battery trains (www.hitachirail.com)

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[–] hellothere@sh.itjust.works 5 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (11 children)

Our obsession with not electrifying the lines is beyond me. The transport cost is so much less when putting electricity through wires to a moving train compared to filling a train with massive batteries or carrying dino juice.

[–] Mex@feddit.uk 4 points 4 months ago

Batteries make sense as stop gaps for hard to electify areas, tunnels etc where there isn't the headroom to build overhead wires, but I agree in general we should be building out electrication as a priority.

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