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GWR battery train sets single charge world record

05 September 2025
The GWR team celebrates the 200 mile battery-powered journey
The GWR team celebrates the 200 mile battery-powered journey
 

Great Western Railway (GWR) has set a new world record for the longest distance travelled by a battery-electric train on a single charge, covering 200 miles on August 20.

The record was set by a Class 230 train, a specially adapted former District Line underground train, operating on a return journey from Reading train care depot and back again, via London Paddington and Oxford without charging its batteries from any external energy source.. This surpassed the previous record of 139 miles set...

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