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'UK-first' intercity battery trial train outperforms diesel (electrek.co)

submitted 9 months ago by threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works to c/energy@slrpnk.net

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[+] Mihies@programming.dev 13 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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[–] dillekant@slrpnk.net 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

There's still a pay-off time. For inter-city travel where the distance is long or the usage is low, it might be worth doing this, if only in the short term.

It might also break the cycle of no demand leading to no supply leading to no demand etc.

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 6 points 9 months ago

Some of our railway routes are the oldest in the world. Tunnels and bridges weren't built with the consideration of overhead electrification. So what do you do?

Electrify the parts you can and have trains that can run without external supply for the bits you can't electrify.

[–] FatLegTed@piefed.social 2 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Those wires and associated infrastructure need maintenance, security and constant upkeep and monitoring.

[–] Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 9 months ago

and yet magically most of the rest of the world manages that just fine

[–] Mihies@programming.dev 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, sure, like every technology out there. But the maintenance is cheap compared to initial investment. I guess one can compare it to batteries having limited cycles, faults and even catch fire.