Hitachi Rail enters first tri-mode hybrid train into service in Europe

Hitachi Rail Trenitalia trains
The Blues can seat up to 300 people in a four-car configuration. 2022, Hitachi Rail

Hitachi’s Blues train was launched for active service for Trenitalia in Sicily on Tuesday. The train stands out for its use of diesel, battery and electric power. The Blues had its static international presentation last September at the InnoTrans event in Berlin.

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Author: Nick Augusteijn

Former Chief Editor of RailTech.com

1 comment op “Hitachi Rail enters first tri-mode hybrid train into service in Europe”

bönström bönström|22.12.22|11:16

Yes, at any vital system, for sake of robustness, redundancy has to be provided!
Accordingly, now urgently, IM:s shall call upon Industry of tracks, to provide for resiliency!
(Change is the new standard and all other modes, those resilient…, decisively add load capacity, for lower costs, etc.)
Utilisation of vast, existing assets, shall not be hampered, by no longer optimal standards!
(TEN-T etc., current prestigious investments, devastatingly is short of resiliency, thus “cementing”…)

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