The Paul Bettson Lecture – RAILWAY TRACTION SYSTEMS: DELIVERING POWER AND ENERGY FOR THE MODERN RAILWAY

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Meeting Details
Speaker: Professor Stuart Hillmansen
Affiliation: University of Birmingham
Date: Wednesday 6th January 2027
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Venue: University of Birmingham
Description: Modern railway traction systems deliver efficient, reliable and sustainable transport. Covering electrification, onboard energy conversion, battery and hydrogen technologies, and advances in traction control, the talk examines how rail engineers are meeting the challenges of decarbonisation while maintaining performance, capacity and operational resilience across today’s railway network.

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