Title: British Rail Class 93 (Stadler) - Wikipedia
Headings: British Rail Class 93 (Stadler)
British Rail Class 93 (Stadler)
Contents
Development
Specification
Fleet details
See also
References

Content: Three different power sources will be used to power the locomotive – 25kV AC overhead electric power, a diesel engine and lithium oxide batteries – allowing the locomotive to be used on both electrified and un-electrified lines. Rail Operations Group have ordered 30 locomotives, with the first deliveries scheduled for 2023. Contents
1 Development
2 Specification
3 Fleet details
4 See also
5 References
Development
Historically, the vast majority of freight trains on Britain's railways have used diesel propulsion since the 1960s. During the late 2010s, as part of wider efforts to pursue carbon neutral operations, the Department for Transport (DfT) stated its long term goal of eliminating diesel-only traction from Britain's railways by 2040, despite only 46.5 per cent of all lines being electrified. However, due a lack of government support for the rail freight sector, operators have traditionally faced difficulty in justifying sizable capital investments such as new locomotives, thus large numbers are between 25 and 50 years old as of 2020. Founded in 2015, Rail Operations Group (ROG) quickly took an interest in bi-mode propulsion technology as well as high-speed freight operations. The company observed that rival operators made heavy use of the Class 66, a locomotive introduced in the mid-1990s, and that this would be the base line to innovate against in the locomotive-hauled freight market. ROG opted to work in conjunction with locomotive manufacturer Stadler Rail to develop a tri-mode high powered locomotive concept, which has since been assigned the designation of Class 93. The concept was first proposed during 2018. It is a derivative of the Class 88 electro-diesel and Class 68 diesel locomotives, both being built by Stadler.