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Dr Drumm’s Battery Trains

Nearly a century before Tesla, Dr James J. Drumm put fast‑charging battery trains on the Dublin–Bray line. Today, Ireland’s new DART+ battery fleet finally realises his ahead‑of‑its‑time vision.