A train for travelling on a railway network including routes with external power supply infrastructure and on routes without external power supply infrastructure. The train includes a control system configured to operate a drive system of the train in each of two power modes: a hybrid mode in which power is drawn from an on-board generator assisted by one or more on-board electrical storage systems, and a battery-only mode where power is drawn only from the one or more on-board electrical storage systems. The control system is configured to receive both: a driving setting selection, and an operator specified power mode selected from the two power modes, associated with a respective region of the railway network. Whilst the train is in the respective region the control system is configured: to modify one or more parameters associated with the operator specified power mode, or to change from or ignore the operator specified power mode, based on the driving setting selection.
TRAIN OPERABLE IN HYBRID AND BATTERY-ONLY MODES
ZUG BETREIBBAR IM HYBRID- UND IM BATTERIEBETRIEBENEN MODUS
TRAIN FONCTIONNANT EN MODE HYBRIDE ET EN MODE BATTERIE
2023-09-27
Patent
Electronic Resource
English
IPC: | B61L Leiten des Eisenbahnverkehrs , GUIDING RAILWAY TRAFFIC |
Control system for hybrid vehicle operable in different modes
European Patent Office | 2022
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