South Western Railway has confirmed it has completed a trial of new emission-reducing technology. In partnership with Porterbrook and Eminox, South Western Railway has trialled a new system that has real-world reductions in pollution from nitrous oxides (NOx) by over 80% and hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide and particulate matter (PM) by over 90%.
The EMxS5 system by Eminox was fitted to the exhaust of a Class 159 train in full passenger use between London Waterloo and Exeter and is the first successful transfer of the technology into a rail environment.
The trial was funded by the Department for Transport through InnovateUK’s first of a kind funding. The trial was completed in March this year following six months of testing.