New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’

September 10, 2026 · 9:00 pm 1 sources

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• New battery-powered trains will ‘bring faster journeys to north’
  The Guardian · September 10, 2026 21:00
  No 10 says 29 new trains to be built in Derby will support 350 local jobs, as well as nearly 6,000 across the UK No 10 has announced the construction of a new fleet of battery-powered trains that will “bring faster, more reliable journeys to the north”. The 29 new trains, which will be run by…