Battery traction news
Latest news about the development and use of battery traction in the global rail industry.
Traction technology: Bridging the gap from diesel
Equipping existing diesel passenger fleets with battery‑based energy storage technology can improve vehicle efficiency while reducing local noise and pollution, argues Edgar Keller of ABB Traction Systems.
Electric-battery shunting locomotive unveiled
RUSSIA: Transmashholding’s Novocherkassk Electric Locomotive Plant unveiled its EMKA2 electric-battery shunting locomotive at the PRO//Dvizhenie.Expo trade fair in St Petersburg, saying more than 90% of the components were designed and manufactured domestically.
Chemnitz – Leipzig battery train unveiled
GERMANY: Alstom has unveiled the first of 11 Coradia Continental battery-electric multiple-units ordered by Mittelsachsen transport authority VMS for use on Chemnitz – Leipzig services.
Battery train to take Caltrain electric operation beyond the wires
USA: The California Transportation Commission has approved funding for Stadler to supply a battery-electric multiple-unit which will enable Caltrain to extend its future San Francisco – San Jose electric train service to Gilroy over track which is not currently scheduled for electrification.
Canadian battery locomotive under development
CANADA: Cando Rail & Terminals is developing a lithium-ion battery-powered locomotive to offer a zero-emission replacement for diesel shunters in yards and industrial sites, with an expected 40% reduction in energy consumption.
Battery-electric train fast charging facility ordered
IRELAND: Alstom has been awarded a contract to provide a fast-charging facility for the battery-electric multiple-units that it is to supply to Iarnród Éireann as part of the DART+ programme to enhance commuter services in the Greater Dublin area.
Autonomous battery-powered wagons to be tested in Georgia
Transport authority opts for battery rather than hydrogen trains
Northern Trains plans framework contract for 450 multiple-units
Battery train deployment report commissioned
HVO fuel switch starts Chiltern Railways decarbonisation drive
ÖBB selects Stadler to supply battery trains for partially electrified routes
Solar tourist train to operate in the Andes
Vale to study ammonia fuel and orders battery locos
LTG Link orders inter-city and battery trains to transform journey quality
Tri-mode train testing completed
Battery wagons to lower mining railway emissions
NASA looks at alternatives to diesel trains
Battery shunters to make J-TREC rolling stock deliveries
Plasser & Theurer unveils ÖBB electric maintenance vehicles
Battery powered inter-city train under development
Battery freight locomotive conversion underway
Autonomous battery-powered wagons to be deployed in Michigan
Wabtec to modernise Hong Kong battery locomotives