23.03.2022
Artikel Nummer: 40124
UK tests electrification system for rail terminal
A railfreight terminal in Northamptonshire is currently testing an innovative overhead electrification system, the first of its kind in UK. The project demonstrates a new way of decarbonising rail and lessening freight’s impact on passenger journeys.
The innovative system is being trialled at an aggregate facility in Wellingborough which is run by Tarmac in partnership with GB Railfreight. If successful, the new technology could be installed at freight terminals across the country.
The project is funded by the department for transport (DfT) and Innovate UK with project partners Furrer+Frey GB, Tarmac and GB Railfreight leading the demonstration. (ben) www.gbrailfreight.com