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Battery Train Breaks World Record, Travels 200 Miles on One Charge
8/24/2025
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- A Great Western Railway (GWR) battery-electric train set a world record by traveling 200 miles (322 km) on a single charge, exceeding the previous record of 139 miles (224 km) from 2021.
- The record journey was part of the Railway 200 celebrations, covering routes from Reading to London Paddington and Oxford.
- GWR intends to incorporate battery trains more widely in its future fleet strategy.
