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Why not just make solar roofs over things like parking lots and sidewalks? That way it can provide cover and power, you can use off the shelf panels, and they are unlikely to get damaged.
Covering parking lots is expensive and you lose spots to supports and there's the inevitable car hitting those supports.
Putting panels between rail lines doesn't need a structure so it should be far cheaper and easier to install and fix, even if they aren't ideal.
They will get dirty very fast, either from dirt thrown around by passing trains, or by the brake dust.
What brake dust? Where they're contemplating putting this the trains are fully electrified and use regenerative (magnetic) braking during routine operations, the only time the abrasive brakes are engaged is during emergencies