Battery traction news
Latest news about the development and use of battery traction in the global rail industry.
Nexrail orders DE18 SmartHybrid locomotives with updated specification
EUROPE: Leasing company Nexrail has ordered 20 Vossloh Rolling Stock DE18 SmartHybrid locomotives with updated specifications, taking its total order to 50 of the type.
New York MTA orders more battery-diesel locomotives
USA: New York MTA has exercised a $386m option for Wabtec to supply a further 45 R255 battery-diesel hybrid locomotives for hauling engineering trains on the Subway network.
SNCB finally awards AM30 train contract to CAF
BELGIUM: National passenger train operator SNCB has finally awarded CAF a 12-year framework contract to design, manufacture and supply the AM30 train fleet, following unsuccessful legal challenges to the selection of the Spanish company.
Rock Rail to finance second-largest BEMU fleet in Germany
GERMANY: Westfalen-Lippe transport authority NWL has ordered 61 Siemens Mobility Mireo Plus B battery-electric multiple-units for use on Netz Nördliches Westfalen regional passenger services from December 2029.
Škoda to supply BEMUs to Latvia
LATVIA: National transport authority Autotransporta Direkcija has awarded Škoda Group a €89·4m contract to supply nine battery-electric multiple-units.
‘Five firsts’ celebrated at Tuxford as UK rail sector seeks role in hydrogen economy
UK: Network Rail and industry partners held an event at Tuxford in Nottinghamshire on December 3 marking the first use of rail to transport hydrogen on the main line network.
Electro-diesel Stadler Flirt trains selected to renew Dublin – Belfast Enterprise fleet
Battery train agreement signed as a ‘fast and realistic’ path to zero-emissions
EcoTrain launched to target very light rail opportunities in France and Belgium
Scottish government scales back electrification ambition to focus on fleet renewal
Diesel locomotive battery tender to be tested in Western Australia
Interview: ‘We are waking Merseyrail up’
Škoda Group and Microvast to produce battery systems for public transport
BHP battery locos delivered to the Pilbara
Nexrail orders electric-battery hybrid freight locomotives for emission-free operation from terminal to terminal
Battery problems delay Dublin DART rolling stock introduction
ScotRail launches suburban battery and electric train fleet procurement
Battery shunters deployed at Gabonese mine
Lithuania’s first Flirt electric train delivered to LTG Link
Stadler to supply battery and hydrogen trains for Italian narrow gauge lines
Electric trains now running daily on the Coryton and Penarth lines
Watco to deploy TugVolt autonomous self-propelled wagons
Siemens Mobility starts work on €35m train battery system factory
Catenary-free tramway extension opens in Moskva