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    Hitachi Rail strike deal with ScottishPower over renewable supply
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 2 min

    Hitachi Rail strike deal with ScottishPower over renewable supply

    Hitachi Rail has announced a three-year deal with ScottishPower to supply its operations with 100% renewable electricity. An estimated...
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    DfT minister tours green trains with Network Rail at COP26
    rodneypitt9
    • Nov 11, 2021
    • 3 min

    DfT minister tours green trains with Network Rail at COP26

    Trudy Harrison MP, DfT minister and Member of Parliament for Copeland, was joined by Network Rail chief executive Andrew Haines to get a...
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    British class 66 to trial hydrogen-bio gas combination
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    British class 66 to trial hydrogen-bio gas combination

    TRIALS using a Freightliner class 66 locomotive powered by diesel, biogas and hydrogen will begin this month and last nine months. The...
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    H2 Green and Eversholt Rail target green future for Britain’s railways
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 14, 2021
    • 1 min

    H2 Green and Eversholt Rail target green future for Britain’s railways

    H2 Green and Eversholt Rail have joined forces to bring hydrogen supply to UK rail. On 6 July, Eversholt Rail announced it had entered...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Rail Electrification Plan Needed, DfT Told by the PAC

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has been told to draw up a rail electrification plan before the end of the year or risk jeopardising...
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    Draw Up a Rail Electrification Plan, DfT Told
    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 2 min

    Draw Up a Rail Electrification Plan, DfT Told

    The Department for Transport (DfT) has been told to draw up a rail electrification plan before the end of the year or risk jeopardising...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Jul 8, 2021
    • 3 min

    MPS PUBLISH SCATHING REPORT ON THE FUTURE OF RAIL

    The Department for Transport (DfT) “has neither the necessary urgency nor appreciates the scale of the challenge ahead” about the future...
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    TPGroup Powers the UK's First Full-Scale Hydrogen Train
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    TPGroup Powers the UK's First Full-Scale Hydrogen Train

    tpgroup, the providers of mission-critical solutions for a more secure world, is pleased to provide further detail on its ‘Hydrogen...
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    Angel Trains extends commitment to hydrogen project
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    Angel Trains extends commitment to hydrogen project

    Angel Trains will work with Arcola Energy on the Scottish Hydrogen Train project, using a redundant Class 314. The rolling stock leasing...
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    LOHC - a New Way Forward?
    rodneypitt9
    • Jun 1, 2021
    • 1 min

    LOHC - a New Way Forward?

    The LOHC technology allows an organic carrier liquid to draw in hydrogen and release it as per the requirement. (Siemens 1996 – 2021.)...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Apr 10, 2021
    • 1 min

    French rail company looks to greener future with zero emission hydrogen trains

    French national railway SNCF says it has ordered 12 hydrogen-powered trains to begin tests in four regions in 2023 as it eyes a...
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    UK’s First Ever Hydrogen Transport Hub
    rodneypitt9
    • Mar 25, 2021
    • 2 min

    UK’s First Ever Hydrogen Transport Hub

    The UK’s first-ever hydrogen transport hub is one step closer to becoming a reality, with the unveiling of an official ‘masterplan’ and...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 18, 2021
    • 2 min

    World's First Hydrogen Train Coradia iLint honoured

    Alstom's innovative hydrogen train project Coradia iLint, commissioned by Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG), has been...
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    rodneypitt9
    • Feb 9, 2021
    • 3 min

    £9 million Fund opens to Railway Innovators and Inventors

    A new £9 million competition to find cutting-edge ideas set to transform the future of the railways has opened, as Rail Minister Chris...
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    How Green is My Railway?
    rodneypitt9
    • Jan 20, 2021
    • 2 min

    How Green is My Railway?

    Industry bosses called for battery, hydrogen and electric-powered trains to help meet environmental targets The industry wants to make...
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