Draisy is a very light electric passenger train. Designed to breathe new life into small rail lines in rural France, it is particularly well-suited to the aging infrastructure in place. Lohr, the rolling stock supplier, has used composites for this vehicle, which is currently under development.
At least, that's what Nicole Bonnefoy, departmental councillor and senator, would like to see. She sees this new 100% battery-powered light train as a way of breathing new life into a route that has been closed since 2018.
The SNCF and industrialists have launched two projects for light, ultra-light battery-powered trains, with the aim of eliminating the old diesel railcars from small regional lines, and even reopening neglected local routes.