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Now, last week we reported on the order announced by TransPennine Express, TPE, and won by Alstom for a fleet of 29 five-car BEMUs, battery electric multiple units, using Alstom's Odessia Stream platform at Innotrans in Berlin just a few days ago.

Our intrepid reporter, a.k.a. Richard, indeed, for it is he, managed to do some more digging and then found time to record a piece explaining a few more of the technicalities about the train.

It's not the whole story as yet, as you'll hear in a moment, but we think you'll find this quite interesting because we did.

Now, last week on the show, we talked about TransPennine Express's order for battery electric multiple units, the order that Alstom won for its Edesia Stream platform.

And at Innotrans in Berlin recently, I had the opportunity to speak with James O'Sullivan, who is the project director for the Odessia Stream platform at Alstom, to ask him some more questions about this particular battery electric multiple unit.

And I thought it would be useful just to share some of that.

So we're starting to build up a picture here.

Yeah, I mean, like there's been, I think, feasibility studies awarded for that.

I was at Innotrans in Berlin last week.

The Glastonbury Railways, as I call it, like this huge trade show.

I spoke to Systra and they're working on the feasibility for that.

The Taiwan Pavilion-themed Rail Resilience Technology Partners showcased recent achievements alongside plans for global expansions.

Held biannually, InnoTrans brings together global transport authorities, railway operators, system integrators and component manufacturers under one roof, serving as a crucial platform.

Aside from AI, Taiwan has made considerable progress in railway construction.

Over the last 100 years, Taiwan has invested in rail infrastructure.

Today, the Railway Bureau has taken a big step forward.

This is our stage to reach the world's rail network and also a platform for global investors to seek out Taiwan for venture capital.

Taiwan's continued participation in international stages such as InnoTrans boosts visibility of its achievements and increases global recognition.

The residents at Shoushan Zoo get to celebrate the Mid-Autumn Festival, too.

ScotRail finally admits failures in its ticketing app launch.

And Richard reports from the world's largest rail industry exhibition, Berlin's InnoTrans.

Welcome to Green Signals from me, Nigel Harris, and-

And me, Steph Foster

... because Richard is wearing his shoes out at InnoTrans, and he will be too.

We begin with news that the latest train operator to be nationalized is Chiltern Railways.

On Sunday, September 20th, Chiltern became the sixth operator to transfer, and the 10th in total if you include the four that came over via operator of last resort.

If you'd like to send any snippets of news, you can drop us an email at news@greensignals.org. We can't promise to read them all out, but if we read yours, we'll give you a name check.

Okay.

Um, the data and insights obtained will be directly incorporated into the further development of efficient battery electric propulsion technologies, and indeed a battery electric Class 557, this very train, will be exhibited for the first time at the forthcoming InnoTrans, um, 2026 exhibition in Berlin.

So there we go.

So you'll be able to go and have a look, Richard.

Of course, sustainability, last but not least, is part of our message, including how lower carbon steel production can support future railway infrastructure.

Now we know that there is a lot to explore and what exactly there is to explore, but the most important question for the listeners or for the visitors then, where can they find us on the InnoTrans?

Well, they will be able to find us where we have been throughout the last three Innotrans exhibits already.

This is Hall 21B, booth 150.