http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.simonwheatley.co.uk%2F2008%2F06%2F28%2Fwhy-do-the-trains-have-to-stop%2F&seed_title=Why+do+the+trains+have+to+stop%3F Thu, 20 Nov 2008 23:07:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.simonwheatley.co.uk%2F2008%2F06%2F28%2Fwhy-do-the-trains-have-to-stop%2F&seed_title=Why+do+the+trains+have+to+stop%3F#comment-37502 simonwheatley Mon, 30 Jun 2008 09:13:46 +0000 http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/?p=631#comment-37502 That's pretty cool, nice to now we're not going to be left completely trailing the East in these matters! That’s pretty cool, nice to now we’re not going to be left completely trailing the East in these matters!

]]> http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.simonwheatley.co.uk%2F2008%2F06%2F28%2Fwhy-do-the-trains-have-to-stop%2F&seed_title=Why+do+the+trains+have+to+stop%3F#comment-37486 Sam Clark Sun, 29 Jun 2008 10:17:49 +0000 http://www.simonwheatley.co.uk/?p=631#comment-37486 Alstom (makers of the TGV) are investigating flywheel technology for considerable energy saving when starting and stopping. When the train approaches a station the flywheel is engaged to convert kinetic energy to potential energy within the flywheel. The energy from the flywheel is then used to get the train moving again. The idea would be to have one to two flywheels per bogie for maximum effect. Alstom (makers of the TGV) are investigating flywheel technology for considerable energy saving when starting and stopping. When the train approaches a station the flywheel is engaged to convert kinetic energy to potential energy within the flywheel. The energy from the flywheel is then used to get the train moving again. The idea would be to have one to two flywheels per bogie for maximum effect.

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