New Zealand's First Battery Train

00:00 Intro 00:44 Overview 06:01 System Preparations It's one of the biggest rail announcements New Zealand has made in decades. A 1.06 billion dollar investment will deliver the country's first fleet of battery-electric trains, making it the first rail network in the Southern Hemisphere to adopt the technology on this scale. But buying the trains is only half the story. Big thanks to: “Rimutaka Tunnel Opening Ceremony, 3 November 1955” by Archives New Zealand, CC BY 2.0 https://www.flickr.com/photos/archive... David Oakley CC BY-SA 3.0 nz https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zea... Obdev1323 CC BY-SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zea... #newzealand #kiwirail #wellingtonnz #aucklandtransport