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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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Nov 11, 20212 min read
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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Nov 11, 20213 min read
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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Jul 20, 20212 min read
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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Jul 14, 20211 min read
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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Jul 8, 20212 min read
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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Jul 8, 20212 min read
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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Jul 8, 20213 min read
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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Jun 22, 20212 min read
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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Jun 1, 20211 min read
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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Jun 1, 20211 min read
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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Apr 10, 20211 min read
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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Mar 25, 20212 min read
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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Feb 18, 20212 min read
£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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Feb 9, 20213 min read
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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Jan 20, 20212 min read
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