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Evening Standard
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All aboard! Britain's first rapid-charging battery train to launch into service in London this weekend

The UK's first train running only on rapid-charging batteries will start carrying passengers in London on Saturday.

The train will replace its diesel counterpart on the two-and-a-half-mile Greenford branch line in west London.

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