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'UK first' battery powered train slashes fuel costs by up to 50 per cent
(www.businessgreen.com)
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So are battery trains expensive in the long run and have worse performance, and only being used because they're immediately cheaper than electrifying more rail?
Pretty much, yeah. I also believe this is due to the infrastructure being run by different companies than the ones running the trains on them, so there's no incentive to invest in electrification.