All aboard! Britain's first rapid-charging battery train to launch into service in London this weekend - Great Western ...

Launching on Saturday, the Greenford branch line in west London will be home to the UK’s first rapid-charging battery train. The train is part of a broader effort to phase out diesel-only trains by ...

Siemens said that only 20-30% of the network would need to be electrified to use battery bi-mode trains. Credit: Siemens Mobility Siemens Mobility has claimed that battery technology should mean ...

Great Western Railway (GWR) will introduce the UK’s first battery-only powered train into passenger service on Saturday 31 January.

A new footbridge was built at Giffnock station as part of the upgrade A quarter of the trains running on the newly-electrified £144m rail line between East Kilbride and Glasgow Central will be diesel, ...

An energy shortage on the West Coast Main Line (WCML) has forced an “all- electric” budget rail operator to run diesel trains on a Scotland to London service.