UK: A prototype Class 230 battery-electric train, developed from a former metro train, has completed a non-stop journey of 320 km on a single battery charge.
UK: In a test run in March, a prototype train travelled 138 km from Long Marston to Honeybourne on battery power alone and without recharging.
UK: The necessity to prevent body cracking is identified in a report by the UK regulator ORR. It also proposes a six-year plan to modernise the cars of Hitachi Rail trains operating in the country.
