Topic: Partial electrification

Norway’s Norland Line to be partially electrified for battery locomotives

The iconic Norland railway line crossing Norway on a north-south axis and connecting Trondheim with Bodø will be the first critical route of the country to be upgraded…

Analysis Battery trains for the Bavarian forest network? Infrastructure of 30 million would be needed

Experts of the Technical University of Dresden and the Institut für Bahntechnik have examined the energy, technical and operational constraints that need to be taken into account for…

Dutch province can’t make the (business) case for battery trains

The Dutch province of Overijssel has pulled the plug on the use of battery-electric trains from 2027 onwards. The province had planned to use the trains on sections…

First ‘overhead line islands’ for battery trains to be built in Germany

Instead of electrifying every kilometer of track, Deutsche Bahn (DB) will make overhead line ‘islands’ for battery trains on local railway lines in Schleswig-Holstein. These first routes using…