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2. Battery electric multiple unit - Wikipedia

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   These trains will be either new units or conversion of existing units, to fulfil the aims of Network Rail's introduction of battery powered trains. [47] [48] In January 2015 a one-month trial of a single Class 379 Electrostar fitted with lithium batteries began passenger operations on the Mayflower Line in Essex.

3. British Rail Class 230 - Wikipedia

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   The battery-powered train can be charged through an automatic charging point. Alternative means of charging the two-car vehicle include the use of a static battery bank to provide an electric supply of either 11 kV or 33 kV. The train requires a minimum of 750 V to operate. [18]

4. British Rail Class 379 - Wikipedia

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   During 2013, the national infrastructure owning company Network Rail announced that unit 379013 would be used as a testbed for a future Battery-Electric Multiple Unit. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] Following several months of conversion work and non-service testing, the unit was used to carry passengers for the first time on a Manningtree–Harwich Town ...

5. British railway rolling stock - Wikipedia

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   6 power cars operational for empty stock movements plus 2 for spares [89] Rail Operations Group: 37: Diesel 80 130 6 47/4: 75 120 6 57/3: 95 152 4 ScotRail: 43: Diesel 125 200 52 [90] TransPennine Express: 68: Diesel 100 160 14 TransPennine Express 'Nova 3' trains. Hired from Direct Rail Services. [65] [91] Transport for Wales: 67: Diesel 125 200 7

6. Vivarail D-Train - Wikipedia

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   The first prototype unit operating during the 2017 Rail Live event. A prototype was produced for testing and accreditation in August 2015. [4] [5] The initial prototype D-Train was built as a three-car diesel-electric unit, which was completed in the summer of 2016, following which it underwent a programme of main-line testing, with the intention that it be used on a year-long trial service on ...

7. British Rail Class 777 - Wikipedia

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   The British Rail Class 777 METRO is a class of electric multiple unit passenger trains currently being delivered by the Swiss rolling stock manufacturer Stadler Rail, being used on the Merseyrail network in the Liverpool City Region and adjacent areas of Cheshire and Lancashire. The trains have the ability to operate on the third rail-powered ...

8. List of British Rail electric multiple unit classes - Wikipedia

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   British Rail operated a wide variety of electric multiple units for use on electrified lines: AC units operate off 25 kV alternating current (AC) from overhead wires. Where clearances for the overhead wires on the Great Eastern Main Line , North Clyde Line and London, Tilbury and Southend railway routes were below standard, a reduced voltage of ...

9. British Rail BEMU - Wikipedia

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   The British Rail BEMU was an experimental two-car battery electric multiple unit (BEMU), converted from the prototype Derby Lightweight Diesel multiple units.The train was powered by many lead-acid batteries, and was used on the Deeside Railway from Aberdeen to Ballater in Scotland from April 1958 until it was finally withdrawn in December 1966.