Battery-powered trains coming to Chicago: a first look
Commuter rail systems like Chicago's Metra are exploring battery-electric trains to increase service while reducing diesel exhaust pollution and noise.
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Commuter rail systems like Chicago's Metra are exploring battery-electric trains to increase service while reducing diesel exhaust pollution and noise.
Public steps inside U.S.’s first battery-powered train Zachary Whalen Fri, 10/16/2026 - 07:00 Primary Image Primary Image Caption...
Boston spent $765 million to lease battery-powered trains Zachary Whalen Mon, 10/12/2026 - 06:00 Primary Image Primary Image Captio...
Chicago to showcase country’s first battery-operated passenger train Zachary Whalen Thu, 10/01/2026 - 05:00 Primary Image Primary I...
A new fleet of battery-powered trains will test whether transit agencies can electrify without installing miles of overhead wires.
Metra has presented its new battery-powered passenger train at LaSalle Street Station in Chicago, as it prepares to introduce zero-emission trains on part of its Rock Island Line f...
A new fleet of British-designed and built battery electric trains has been announced, promising thousands of new jobs, faster and more reliable rail service, and significant reduct...
France has officially entered the era of fully battery-powered regional trains: two AGC multiple units converted by Alstom, in partnership [...]
Metra’s diesel-engined commuter trains are familiar sights in and around Chicago, and so is the smell of spent diesel that surrounds them – but a new battery-electric FLIRT locomot...
Union Pacific is the latest railroad to test diesel-alternative power in one of the busiest U.S. rail hubs. The post Union Pacific begins battery-electric locomotive testing in Sou...
On this episode of the This Week in Cleantech podcast, Benton Graham from Grist discusses the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority's plans to electrify Boston’s Fairmount Lin...
Union Pacific has begun testing battery-electric locomotives in Southern California, with the first two of four Wabtec FLXdrive units now delivered to the railway. The locomotives...
- - • Lower Saxony Transport Authority (LNVG) and Greater Braunschweig Regional Association (RGB) award contract for 113 three-car Mireo Plus B battery trains, maintenance, and...
Stadler and Chicago commuter rail operator Metra have presented a battery-electric FLIRT train developed for the North American market at APTA EXPO 2026. Metra ordered eight batter...
PRR class E2b: six GE B-B freight electrics, 4939–4944, 2,500 hp, 11 kV AC. Specifications, roster, and the 1964 scrap.
Rarely seen by the general public, rail road excavators are a critical piece of the infrastructure puzzle – one that can travel directly on the tracks while digging, lifting, and c...
Plans unveiled for £1bn investment to build new fleet of 29 battery-electric trains at Alstom's Derby facility, enabling smoother, quieter, faster, and greener travel across the Pe...
- - • New British-designed and built trains will support the Transpennine Route Upgrade and help decarbonise rail travel across northern England - • First deployment of Alstom...
No 10 says 29 new trains to be built in Derby will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UKNo 10 has announced the construction of a new fleet of battery-power...
Источник: Компьютерра - Журнал о науке и технологиях В США готовятся запустить новый аккумуляторный поезд Stadler FLIRT, который сможет работать на неэлектрифицированных железнодо...
CapMetro’s Austin transit fleets electrified two public bus lines and opened two new park-and-ride facilities featuring overhead pantograph-style wired charging equipment to help A...
Stadler and Chicago’s commuter rail operator Metra will present the first battery-electric FLIRT train developed for the US market at APTA EXPO 2026 in Chicago on 5 October. Metra...
French-built units planned for use on Dublin-Drogheda line will allow for reallocation of other trains to different routes
Milwaukee Road class EP-2 Bi-Polar electrics—five GE locomotives, 1919, 3,000 V DC, gearless bipolar motors, 1B+D+D+B1. Specs, unit roster E1–E5, 1953 rebuild, Coast Division Olymp...
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