'First of a Kind': Government awards funding for green train innovations

James Murray
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'First of a Kind': Government awards funding for green train innovations

Electric construction equipment and self-charging trains among the projects to share £5m of government funding

Self-charging trains could soon make their way onto Britain's railways thanks to the latest round of clean tech innovation funding from the UK government. The Department for Transport (DfT) yesterday...

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