The Parry flywheel technology tram is in use on the 0.8-mile Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town line. London Midland, the operator of the new West Midlands franchise, operate a service using two PPM60 units, classified as Class 139, and which replace the single-car Class 153 DMU. One PPM60 unit operates the 10-minute service, the other resides in the service depot at the Junction end of the line. The more environmentally-friendly and far more efficient Class 139 has also seen increased passenger numbers.
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| - The Parry flywheel technology tram is in use on the 0.8-mile Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town line. London Midland, the operator of the new West Midlands franchise, operate a service using two PPM60 units, classified as Class 139, and which replace the single-car Class 153 DMU. One PPM60 unit operates the 10-minute service, the other resides in the service depot at the Junction end of the line. The more environmentally-friendly and far more efficient Class 139 has also seen increased passenger numbers.
- Parry People Movers Ltd. (PPM) is a British company manufacturing lightweight trams and railcars that use flywheel energy storage (FES) to store energy for traction, allowing electric systems to operate without overhead wires or third rails, and railcars fuelled by small gas, diesel or hydrogen engines, offering very high energy efficiency and very low emissions, suitable for new-build or existing rail systems in a variety of gauges, serving both urban and rural communities in any part of the world.
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| - PPM No. 35 at the Ecclesbourne Valley Railway, Wirksworth.
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| - The Parry flywheel technology tram is in use on the 0.8-mile Stourbridge Junction-Stourbridge Town line. London Midland, the operator of the new West Midlands franchise, operate a service using two PPM60 units, classified as Class 139, and which replace the single-car Class 153 DMU. One PPM60 unit operates the 10-minute service, the other resides in the service depot at the Junction end of the line. The more environmentally-friendly and far more efficient Class 139 has also seen increased passenger numbers.
- Parry People Movers Ltd. (PPM) is a British company manufacturing lightweight trams and railcars that use flywheel energy storage (FES) to store energy for traction, allowing electric systems to operate without overhead wires or third rails, and railcars fuelled by small gas, diesel or hydrogen engines, offering very high energy efficiency and very low emissions, suitable for new-build or existing rail systems in a variety of gauges, serving both urban and rural communities in any part of the world.
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