bossito@lemmy.world to Europe@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoThe dream of the first hydrogen rail network has died a quick deathqz.comexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down12
arrow-up117arrow-down1external-linkThe dream of the first hydrogen rail network has died a quick deathqz.combossito@lemmy.world to Europe@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoFor those too lazy to read: Now a year after the commercial launch, the Lower Saxony state ministry has abandoned ideas for future hydrogen trains, arguing that battery-electric models “are cheaper to operate.”
minus-squareiain@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·2 years agoBattery? Why would a train need a battery? Just electrify the tracks?
minus-squarePlayer2@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoCheaper to build a charger at a station than to electrify very old track sections
minus-squaremaynarkh@feddit.nllinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoYeah, many rail sections in Europe are not electrified. Battery-electric is definitely better than diesel.
minus-squarelemmyvore@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agohttps://www.statista.com/statistics/451522/share-of-the-rail-network-which-is-electrified-in-europe/ for the curious. Switzerland is the only European country with 100%, next closest are at 75-90%, EU average is 56%.
For those too lazy to read:
Battery? Why would a train need a battery? Just electrify the tracks?
Cheaper to build a charger at a station than to electrify very old track sections
Yeah, many rail sections in Europe are not electrified. Battery-electric is definitely better than diesel.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/451522/share-of-the-rail-network-which-is-electrified-in-europe/ for the curious. Switzerland is the only European country with 100%, next closest are at 75-90%, EU average is 56%.