SCML and ESRA welcome Hitachi’s initiative that the business is interesting in looking at battery motion for their long distance rolling stock. This initiative could be applied to the HS1 Sussex project offering a electric / battery train service from St Pancras and Stratford to Hastings, Bexhill and Eastbourne. https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17887181.hitachi-plans-introduce-battery-trains-uk/