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Decarbonise rail: diagrams, battery trains, and a visit to Stadler's plant in Pankow

Decarbonise rail: diagrams, battery trains, and a visit to Stadler's plant in Pankow

Rail might correctly consider itself the greenest transport mode, but there is nevertheless plenty railways can do to decarbonise - not least by doing away with diesel as the primary fuel to power trains on non-electrified lines. The question then comes: how best to do that? Anyone who follows the
24 Feb 2022 6 min read

How could the EU solve the night train conundrum? Procure a massive fleet of night train carriages and lease them to operators

From the doldrums of a few years ago - when Deutsche Bahn left the business of running night trains completely - this mode of transport is back. Or at least in terms of public attention it's back. Snälltåget has bold plans for Sweden to Germany services in 2021, and the
16 Sep 2020 3 min read
Analysis

The future of channel tunnel long distance passenger railway services

A small step forward step in the prospect of long distance high-speed train services using the channel tunnel was taken this week, with Deutsche Bahn granted a 'Certificate B' to operate trains through the tunnel. This has been a long time coming - in 2010 DB was talking
15 Jun 2013 3 min read
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