Sustainable mobility solutions

Hitachi’s UK regional battery train can reach top speeds of near of 90 – 100mph, without compromising on seats, capacity or passenger experience.

Travelling up to 90 kilometres just on batteries and recharging whilst in motion under the wires, it will offering seamless journeys on non-electrified suburban or branch routes, particularly around key towns and cities.

Our battery train technology is a perfect solution to help with the shift to a net-zero carbon economy, whilst supporting cost efficient and sustainable new train delivery options for non-electrified routes.

Copenhagen is one of the most densely populated areas of Denmark. The new City Circle Line (Cityringen) metro, expands the city’s existing system, and is a key part of its drive to become carbon neutral by 2025.

The new line seeks to encourage more residents out of their car and onto a more environmentally friendly mass transit network and ensures that a majority of Copenhagen’s residents will be within 600 metres of a train or metro station.

Shift2Rail is the first European rail initiative to seek focused research and innovation (R&I) and market-driven solutions by accelerating the integration of new and advanced technologies into innovative rail product solutions.

We are a founding member alongside seven other founding members, 19 associates and 32 member states of the European Union representing a total investment of approximately EUR 450 million.

The project’s main goals are to double the capacity of the European rail network, improve reliability and quality of service by 50% and to halve project costs over the entire life cycle.

An example of some of the projects we have worked on as part of this research programme are:

• ATTRACkTIVE – Advanced Travel Companion & Tracking Services – whose purpose was to improve the travel experience of passengers who use railway transportation systems by developing an integrated solution;

• X2RAIL1 – Start-up activities for Advanced Signalling and Automation Systems – whose goal is to meet the long-term requirements of a future, flexible and smart traffic management system;

• IN2SMART – Intelligent Innovative Smart Maintenance of Assets by integrated technologies – which aims to provide an innovative holistic solution for railway asset maintenance;

• FR8RAIL – Development of functional requirements for sustainable and attractive European rail freight – intended to take on the major challenges for developing sustainable and attractive rail freight traffic in Europe.