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Could a stop like this be coming to somewhere near you? This mock-up is a proof-of-concept design for the planned Coventry VLR system. RAIL PHOTOGRAPHY: PETER PLISNER.
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Very light rail: the lower cost alternative to traditional light rail

As the costs of traditional light rail schemes rise, there’s more interest in smaller, cheaper alternatives. Cue the Very Light Rail National Innovation Centre.

Light rail 11 Jun
Class 802 fitted with battery for trial. HITACHI RAIL
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Hitachi Rail's bold experiment with battery-electric bi-mode units

Hitachi Rail has been carrying out trials on a Class 802 aimed at advancing the use of battery-electric bi-mode units. Richard Wilcock finds out more.

Electrification 13 Dec
Velim in the Czech Republic is perhaps the best-known test track of all. In 2009, an Alstom AGV for Italy is in action. ALAMY.
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New centre to test trains, tracks and systems

Intensive prototype testing has been moving away from the main line network towards specialist test centres scattered across Europe, as Ben Jones discovers.

Locomotives 4 Dec
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