Powered by six lithium iron batteries with fast-charging equipment installed at either end of the 2.4-mile-long line, the ...

Entering its trial third year to study the feasibility of battery-electric rail, UK’s Great Western Railway (GWR) has hit an encouraging milestone, traveling further in the region than any ...

A new world record for the furthest distance travelled by a battery-electric train on a single charge has been set by Great Western Railway (GWR). The train travelled 200 miles on a single charge ...

A battery-powered train has broken the world record for the longest railway journey on a single charge. The Great Western Railway (GWR) train - a specially adapted former District Line train - ...

Great Western Railway has introduced a battery-only powered train into passenger service for the first time on the UK rail network, following testing on a west London branch line. The trial of GWR's ...

The train will replace its diesel counterpart on the two-and-a-half-mile Greenford branch line in west London. Great Western Railway (GWR) has been trialling the technology on the route since May 2024 ...