UK: Great Western Railway has announced that its Class 230 prototype battery trainset is to enter passenger service on the Greenford branch in west London on January 31.

GWR introduces the UK’s first battery-only passenger train after a rapid-charging trial on the Greenford branch.

MP calls for faster services after engineering works speed up one journey from London to Cheltenham.

Great Western Railway (GWR) has introduced the UK’s first battery-only-powered passenger train on a suburban rail link in ...

British operator Great Western Railway has brought its class 230 battery train into passenger service, following 22 months of ...

Everyone in the rail industry is talking about a little battery-powered train running between West Ealing and Greenford.

Launching on Saturday, the Greenford branch line in west London will be home to the UK’s first rapid-charging battery train. The train is part of a broader effort to phase out diesel-only trains by ...

Could Britain’s rail passengers finally be able to access reliable high-speed wifi as they travel? That is the hope of Great Western Railway (GWR), which is harnessing “the transfer of technology from ...

Last Saturday, a former London Underground train that’s been converted to run on the national rail network began carrying ...

Great Western Railway introduced the UK’s first battery-only powered train into passenger service on Saturday 31st January.

The UK’s first battery-only powered passenger train will enter service this weekend. The Class 230 train, operated by Great Western Railway (GWR), will run on the Greenford branch line. It follows 22 ...