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2. 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 ...

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. 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.

5. Alstom Aventra - Wikipedia

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   These are operated by Elizabeth line concession holder MTR Crossrail and have replaced Class 315, Class 360 and Class 387 on Shenfield Metro, Heathrow and Reading services respectively. [ 13 ] In July 2017, it was announced that the order would be increased to 70 trains; [ 14 ] the contract for the additional trains was signed in March 2018.

6. Rapid-charging battery train trial launched - AOL

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   Great Western Railway is conducting a 12-month pilot of the technology on the two-and-a-half-mile Greenford branch line in west London.

7. 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 ...

8. UK’s first intercity battery train trialled to cut emissions ...

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   Manufacturer Hitachi Rail said one of three diesel engines on a TransPennine Express Nova 1 train has been replaced by a battery. UK’s first intercity battery train trialled to cut emissions and ...

9. Rapid train battery charger to be trialled - AOL

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   Operator Great Western Railway (GWR) said it has led a project to create a device which can charge train batteries in three and a half minutes. Rapid train battery charger to be trialled Skip to ...