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Why Europe Is Going Back To Electric Trains Of The 70s?

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Looking at the eminent threat that the environment poses on the sheer existence of the human race, a joint consortium of European nations are opting to go back to the TEE The traditional electric powered TEE provided only first class service between major capital cities of Europe Europe continues to find ways and means to reduce the carbon emission rates. For this, the bloc has finally decided to revive the Trans Europe Express (TEE), that it believes can significantly reduce the carbon emission rates.  The doing away of the coal engine was a sure shot way to reduce the gas emissions that would happen due to combustion. As mankind has continued to burn wood or use coal to meet its heating needs, the amounts of emissions have also multiplied that much more. Now, the resurrection of the service that ran in the 1960s is being seen as a great way to reduce the carbon emissions. The Trans Europe Express, as the name suggests, ran between major European country states. As short haul...