Porterbrook

Rolls-Royce, Porterbrook and Chiltern Railways are making rail history together with a climate-friendly world premiere: a hybrid diesel-battery-electric train that reduces CO2 emissions by up to 25% entered passenger service in the UK today for the first time.

Rolls-Royce celebrated initial orders for its MTU hybrid rail drives Rolls-Royce has achieved a breakthrough for hybrid rail drive systems: Both Iarnród Éireann Irish Rail, the state railway of the Republic of Ireland, and Porterbrook, the UK’s largest rolling stock leasing company, have signed cont...

Hybrid Rail projects by Rolls-Royce, Porterbrook and Irish Rail Hybrid PowerPacks, delivered by Rolls-Royce, are going to improve the rail industry both in the United Kingdom and in Ireland thanks to the cooperation with Porterbrook and Irish Rail. WHAT DO WE MEAN WHEN WE TALK ABOUT MTU AND IRISH RA...