The Anonymous Widower

Siemens Mobility Looks To Build Battery Trains In Goole

The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Railway News.

These first three paragraphs add more details.

Siemens Mobility has announced plans to build battery-powered trains in Goole, Yorkshire, to replace ageing fleets on Britain’s railway.

The manufacturer envisions that battery trains could replace rolling stock for operators such as Chiltern, Great Western Railway (GWR), Northern, ScotRail, TransPennine Express (TPE) and Transport for Wales (TfW) within the next decade.

This would mitigate the need to electrify all sections of the track to deliver zero-emission solutions. In doing so, 3.5 billion GBP could be saved and 12 million tonnes of CO2 emissions could be avoided over 35 years.

Note.

1. The post is dated in June 2024, so I am sorry I didn’t spot it earlier.
2. It talks in detail about Siemens’ plans for battery-electric trains.
3. It also talks about the Siemens’ Rail Charging Converter, which can power short lengths of overhead wires for charging trains from the domestic grid.
4. I also talked about Siemens’ technology in Technology Behind Siemens Mobility’s British Battery Trains Hits The Tracks.

It is certainly a must-read article.

August 28, 2025 - Posted by AnonW | Energy, Transport/Travel | Battery-Electric Trains, Decarbonisation, Desiro Verve, Siemens' Rail Charging Converter