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Electrification: ‘Frugal’ approach pares down wiring costs

2021-07-15T12:02:00

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SNCF Réseau’s Aix-en-Provence – Marseille line will be partly electrified in 2022-24 to allow the operation of local services by battery-electric multiple-units. Murray Hughes investigates.

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