If you had to put either steam, diesel or electric trains into ‘room 101’, which would it be and why? ?
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If you had to put either steam, diesel or electric trains into ‘room 101’, which would it be and why? ?
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mapj1:
Well it looks like the consensus is in luck
“The UK Government has announced that diesel-only trains will be phased out by 2040. Currently, 29% of the UK’s fleet is diesel and the move has been received positively by campaigners. But what does the phase-out involve? ”
I suspect there will be a few bridges to be raised for electrics then, or trains that can accept a supply from a gapped line without hiccuping.
Mind you
“42% of the UK’s network is currently electrified, putting it behind the Netherlands (76%), Italy (71%) and Spain (61%). ”
Other sources suggest that France and Germany are both around the 50% mark
Mike.
The UK were well ahead of the rest of Europe on building railways, good at the time but as other nations caught up lessons learned and purpose built lines for electrification, most have surpassed us on electrification years ago.
We have too many existing lines in the too hard to do box but you will find that any new line, even if its for diesel rolling stock will have provision built in for future electrification now.
mapj1:
Well it looks like the consensus is in luck
“The UK Government has announced that diesel-only trains will be phased out by 2040. Currently, 29% of the UK’s fleet is diesel and the move has been received positively by campaigners. But what does the phase-out involve? ”
I suspect there will be a few bridges to be raised for electrics then, or trains that can accept a supply from a gapped line without hiccuping.
Mind you
“42% of the UK’s network is currently electrified, putting it behind the Netherlands (76%), Italy (71%) and Spain (61%). ”
Other sources suggest that France and Germany are both around the 50% mark
Mike.
The UK were well ahead of the rest of Europe on building railways, good at the time but as other nations caught up lessons learned and purpose built lines for electrification, most have surpassed us on electrification years ago.
We have too many existing lines in the too hard to do box but you will find that any new line, even if its for diesel rolling stock will have provision built in for future electrification now.
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