That's good to hear. Especially since the electric trains accelerate so much faster than the Diesel ones did. Have you been next to one at takeoff? They're going about 40MPH before the train has traveled its own length. Probably limited more by standing passengers than power. Most of the energy used accelerating is recovered at the next stop, so the fast acceleration does not consume much energy.
> Most of the energy used accelerating is recovered at the next stop, so the fast acceleration does not consume much energy.
Not "most," but a lot. From the article:
> regenerative braking on the new trains is generating and sending back to the electric grid approximately 23% of the energy consumed by the system
> so the fast acceleration does not consume much energy
Also, acceleration has no effect on the energy if you’re trying to hit the same target speed (unless there is friction, in which case you’d use less energy with higher acceleration)
