France puts second battery train in service after 20-month delay

The converted AGC railcar at Nîmes on 31 August, branded as France's first battery train. SNCF Voyageurs dates the first commercial service to Région Sud on 28 July. Photo: Fabienne Boccard, Alstom.

FRANCE: France’s programme to convert five diesel railcars to battery power now has two trains in service. The second entered traffic on 31 August on Nîmes–Vauvert in Occitanie, 20 months after the target date.