German operator HLB orders Siemens battery trains to replace diesel units
Mireo Plus B battery train for Hessische Landesbahn Siemens Mobility
Regional German operator Hessische Landesbahn has ordered three battery trains from Siemens Mobility for a railway pilot project in Upper and Lower Westerwald. The routes have ‘demanding gradients’ and up to 75 kilometers of non-electrified sections, and the two-car Mireo Plus B should be suited to meet this challenge, without the need for new infrastructure.
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By innovative new design, steeper gradients, will provide for lower costs at infrastructure investments, etc., etc.
Yes, indeed the “Old Railway” is Device for future – when allowed benefitting of innovations available…