![]() Passengers also would get more reliable service because a battery powered train could operate if overhead power was out.īatteries would be recharged when the train is traveling on electrified sections of the Coast Line and through regenerative braking, similar to how a hybrid automobile recharges batteries. Riders would benefit with a one seat ride from Bay Head to New York, instead of changing trains in Long Branch. “It is the intention, contingent upon available funding, that our ongoing research will culminate in the deployment of a battery train pilot program as described in the 2020 NJ Transit Capital Plan,” Snyder said. Pilot non-passenger trips could be run on the North Jersey Coast Line between Bay Head and Long Branch. ![]() NJ Transit’s proposed plan would study lithium-ion batteries to buy and install in either battery-support tender cars, or directly into retrofitted multi-level rail cars, the capital plan said.
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