The idea is for it to be really lightweight (or one might say “very light”) in order to make simpler and easier to install tracks that are then much cheaper to build. IIRC they would still have to relocate utilities when installing the tracks so they wouldn’t end up being much cheaper, and they’ve run out of funding because they’re based in the UK and the UK gov doesn’t fund things.
Is that… a battery tram?
There’s a similar system for buses in Geneva. The bus recharges for 20 seconds while the passengers get off and on during stops.
https://www.tpg.ch/en/about-us/tpg-today-and-tomorrow/innovation#tosa-technology+flash-recharges
Thanks for the link :)
I had heard of battery busses but never battery trams… It feels so weird to do, if you’re already committing to a rail system, is a third rail or over head cabling that much more of an investment? That tram has a battery that’ll need replacing at some point and I am really curious when the cost of replacing batteries will over take cost of a third rail/pantograph system.
This is genuine curiousity, not me just ragging on battery tech
