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Rural line hosts tube train tests (BBC News)

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Rural line hosts tube train tests (BBC News)

A private rail company is being used as the test track for a new generation of London tube trains.

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How are they using Tube trains on a non-electrified railway?
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They are fitting new controls systems to Battery Locos to start with so they don't need an electrified line.

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They are fitting new controls systems to Battery Locos to start with so they don't need an electrified line.

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