eisenach
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With standard electrification in the UK running into so many problems, despite our european friends having managed to get it done over the years, I was wondering what new technologies might promise us as alternatives.
Battery operation over shorter distances may well become attractive; Teslar have just today announced their electric lorry, promising a reasonable range of up to 500 miles depending on state of battery charge, with a 30 minute "mega-charge" giving a range of 400 miles.
Other than that, are there any nascent technologies that could get electric power to a train other than by using a third rail or overhead wires and that might eventually be easier and cheaper to fit to the railway ?
As an aside, I've always thought the German overhead installations, especially over multiple tracks at large stations, a particularly simple and elegant way of stringing up the wires.
With standard electrification in the UK running into so many problems, despite our european friends having managed to get it done over the years, I was wondering what new technologies might promise us as alternatives.
Battery operation over shorter distances may well become attractive; Teslar have just today announced their electric lorry, promising a reasonable range of up to 500 miles depending on state of battery charge, with a 30 minute "mega-charge" giving a range of 400 miles.
Other than that, are there any nascent technologies that could get electric power to a train other than by using a third rail or overhead wires and that might eventually be easier and cheaper to fit to the railway ?
As an aside, I've always thought the German overhead installations, especially over multiple tracks at large stations, a particularly simple and elegant way of stringing up the wires.
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