'World first': Aldershot railway track powered by solar

Madeleine Cuff
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Demonstrator project will explore whether solar can directly supply power to railways' traction systems

Travellers journeying by rail between London Waterloo and Weymouth will get a solar powered surprise on the tracks from today, after a solar array in Aldershot becomes the first in the world to directly...

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