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A sustainable new vision for the future of Scottish railways is on track
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It is likely that some of the trains of the future will be able to operate using different power sources – or in bi-mode, as the industry calls it.
As well as working in the traditional electrified way – picking up power from overhead wires through a pantograph on the top of the train – they may also have an alternative technology using a battery or hydrogen. This would mean their operation could be similar to a current hybrid car, running on one fuel source and then switching seamlessly to the other when necessary.
A sustainable new vision for the future of Scottish railways is on track
In many ways, rail is seen as the ultimate form of decarbonised transport. It is efficient, relatively fast and not always as dependent on fossil…
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