Yeah, you’re right but I’m pretty sure you’re not disagreeing with the overall statement. Especially in this context we’re talking about commuter rail that has trains running frequent as 15 minutes on relatively short distances with frequent stops. We’re currently burning diesel and brake pads for that.
Yes overall but there are caveats. It also depends on electricity costs. At the moment in Britain electricity is expensive so electric freight locomotives have been put in storage in favour of cheaper diesels. 15min isn’t very frequent but EMUs are best for acceleration.
Just checked some nums, it seems like Canadian electricity is 2-4x cheaper than UK’s. Also in Ontario where this article is about, only about 16% of the electricity is produced by fossil fuels. The rest is nuclear, hydro and renewables.
Yeah, you’re right but I’m pretty sure you’re not disagreeing with the overall statement. Especially in this context we’re talking about commuter rail that has trains running frequent as 15 minutes on relatively short distances with frequent stops. We’re currently burning diesel and brake pads for that.
Yes overall but there are caveats. It also depends on electricity costs. At the moment in Britain electricity is expensive so electric freight locomotives have been put in storage in favour of cheaper diesels. 15min isn’t very frequent but EMUs are best for acceleration.
Just checked some nums, it seems like Canadian electricity is 2-4x cheaper than UK’s. Also in Ontario where this article is about, only about 16% of the electricity is produced by fossil fuels. The rest is nuclear, hydro and renewables.