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Ross Lydall

UK first as trains running on vegetable oil use Marylebone station

Trains powered by vegetable oil began running in and out of a mainline station in London on Thursday.

Chiltern Railways is pioneering the “plant based” locomotives in a bid to cut emissions. The lines it uses to Marylebone station are not electrified, meaning that for decades it has had to use diesel trains.

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