Paul Ridden at Gizmag.com report that a two-mile stretch of the Belgian high-speed rail system has been fitted with solar panels:

07:27 June 10, 2011

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About 4,000 trains per year – or the equivalent of a full day’s worth of Belgian rail traf…

The roof of a two mile stretch of tunnel over Belgium’s high speed rail line has been fitted out with 16,000 solar panels to provide power for trains running through Antwerp Central Station and the surrounding railway infrastructure. Solar solution provider Enfinity says that about 4,000 trains per year – or the equivalent of a full day’s worth of Belgian rail traffic – will be able to run entirely on solar power generated by the installation

via Solar Powered.