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'UK-first' intercity battery trial train outperforms diesel (electrek.co)
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[–] dillekant@slrpnk.net 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

There's still a pay-off time. For inter-city travel where the distance is long or the usage is low, it might be worth doing this, if only in the short term.

It might also break the cycle of no demand leading to no supply leading to no demand etc.