First UK’s tri-mode train will run to Gatwick Airport
Gatwick Airport railway station, source: Wikimedia Commons
A totally new kind of rolling stock will be introduced on the UK’s railway network. It is the tri-mode vehicles that are able to run on the lines, which are powered with overhead wires and a third rail, as well as on the non-electrified routes. The first train of this type will run from Reading to Redhill and eventually to Gatwick Airport.
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I guess the next step in the future is for the trains to be converted to quad-mode by adding batteries,this will allow the diesel engines to be turned off at the stations reducing pollution on non-electrified routes and saving fuel,two studies found high levels of pollution at the few stations analysed in the UK including Paddington,London due to the diesel fumes,the batteries could be charged from the 3rd rails and overhead cables along with regenerative braking.I hope hydrogen replaces diesel.
I guess the next step in the future is for the trains to be converted to quad-mode by adding batteries,this will allow the diesel engines to be turned off at the stations reducing pollution on non-electrified routes and saving fuel,two studies found high levels of pollution at the few stations analysed in the UK including Paddington,London due to the diesel fumes,the batteries could be charged from the 3rd rails and overhead cables along with regenerative braking.I hope hydrogen replaces diesel
I also hope for this. As for me, the quad-mode trains will be universal