3 ms·
This seems like a very niche solution, as surely in the longer term 100% of railways will be electrified, like in Switzerland.
by TillE 8y ago
This seems like a very niche solution, as surely in the longer term 100% of railways will be electrified, like in Switzerland.
- greglindahl 8y agoStringing wires does not make sense for 100% of rail lines due to low volumes of trains -- does anyone make batteries for such occasions, or do you expect some rural lines to be abandoned?
- bobthepanda 8y agoSEPTA in Philadelphia actually abandoned many miles of commuter rail because it built a tunnel that could not handle diesel trains.
- chodeboy 8y agoSwiss is a tiny, uniformly populated country. This is not an option for countries like France, Germany, Russia, China, India, etc. where you'd have to built high voltage infrastructure in places where the next power station is 300 miles away.