The Anonymous Widower

Are Finally Battery-Electric Trains Going To Enter Service?

In the April 2022 Edition of Modern Railways, there are three articles about battery-electric trains on four different routes.

• Effort To Contain Costs For Hoo Reopening talks about the reopening of the Hoo Branch in Kent.
• Uckfield Third Rail Is NR Priority talks about running battery-electric trains on the Uckfield Branch and the Marshlink Line.
• Vivarail’s Battery ‘230’ For Greenford Branch, talks about the Class 230 train, that will be running on the Greenford branch.

The technology has been a long-term arriving, as I had my first ride in a battery-electric train in February 2015, which I wrote about in Is The Battery Electric Multiple Unit (BEMU) A Big Innovation In Train Design?.

What kept it so long?

May 5, 2022 - Posted by AnonW | Transport/Travel | Battery-Electric Trains, Class 230 Train, Class 379 Train, Greenford Branch, Hoo Branch, Marshlink Line, Uckfield Branch, Vivarail/GWR Fast Charge