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First European biodiesel passenger train, the Virgin Voyager, on the move in the UK

It's a plane! It's a bird! No it's Richard Branson's latest green transportation move, and it's a biodiesel train, and it uses B20. The local paper likes what it sees. In England today, a Virgin Voyager ran at 11:27 from London Euston to Llandudno, North Wales. This is Europe's first biodiesel blend train in scheduled passenger service (Virgin's official announcement is here). Even though the biodiesel-Virgin Voyager is in use as a regular passenger train, this is just a six-month trial right now. Branson, excited as always about reducing ... Read more →

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