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Vivarail battery electric train. Vivarail have produced the Class 230 train which is converted from redundant London Underground D-Stock trains. A demonstrator unit, the two-car 230002, was fitted for diesel-electric- battery power. Vivarail developed a fast charger giving a 100 mi (160 km) range with a 10 minutes recharging time. [1]
The Union Pearson Express airport rail link service between Pearson Airport and Union Station in Downtown Toronto opened on June 6, 2015, in time for the 2015 Pan American Games. [3] It directly serves Terminal 1 , with a connection to Terminal 3 via the Terminal Link.
In February 2018, Vivarail announced that its first two-car battery unit was approaching completion and was projected to run on the main line network during that summer. [ 25 ] The first unit entered service with West Midlands Trains (as London Northwestern Railway) on the Marston Vale Line on 23 April 2019, [ 12 ] almost two years after the ...
Viscount station is the northerly terminus of the Terminal Link automated people mover serving Toronto Pearson International Airport in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. It is located on the south side of Viscount Road, between American Drive and Highway 409. [1]
In November 2014, Vivarail bought 156 driving motor cars and 70 carriages of ex London Underground D78 Stock which were being replaced by S Stock. [5] The stated purpose of the Class 230 is to ameliorate a perceived shortage of affordable, modern rolling stock on Britain's regional rail routes, resulting from the slow pace of electrification .
During trials in February 2024, the fast-charge battery train set a new distance record in the UK by travelling 86 miles (138km) on battery power alone and without recharging.
The Union Pearson Express (UP Express or UPX) [3] is an airport rail link connecting Union Station in Downtown Toronto to Toronto Pearson International Airport. The UP Express began operation on 6 June 2015, in time for the 2015 Pan American Games.
Terminal 3 station has connections with Toronto Transit Commission routes; 900 Airport Express bus service to Kipling station (on Line 2 Bloor–Danforth); 52A Lawrence West local service and 952 Lawrence West Express during rush hours to Lawrence station (on Line 1 Yonge–University); 300A, 332 and 352 Blue Night Network buses. The bus stop ...