FS successfully runs Blues hybrid train on biofuel

HTR.412 'Blues' train stopped at Grosseto in 2022 (Wikimedia, CC-SA-2.0 Gianluca Detti)
HTR.412 'Blues' train stopped at Grosseto in 2022 (Wikimedia, CC-SA-2.0 Gianluca Detti) Gianluca Detti

This month, Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) performed a first, by running commercial passenger transport with a train powered by pure hydrogenated vegetable oil (Hvo) based biofuel produced by Eni, instead of diesel. This biofuel reduces CO2 emissions, compared to diesel.

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FS successfully runs Blues hybrid train on biofuel

HTR.412 'Blues' train stopped at Grosseto in 2022 (Wikimedia, CC-SA-2.0 Gianluca Detti)
HTR.412 'Blues' train stopped at Grosseto in 2022 (Wikimedia, CC-SA-2.0 Gianluca Detti) Gianluca Detti

This month, Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) performed a first, by running commercial passenger transport with a train powered by pure hydrogenated vegetable oil (Hvo) based biofuel produced by Eni, instead of diesel. This biofuel reduces CO2 emissions, compared to diesel.

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Author: Emma Dailey

Emma Dailey is an editor at RailTech.com and RailTech.be.

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Switzerland is going to pay more than fifty million euros to electrify a rail network… in Germany. The Swiss government has decided to contribute tens of millions to…
DB ‘tacitly announces’ ETCS delay on Riedbahn

DB InfraGO, Germany’s rail infrastructure manager, has “consciously or unconsciously” announced a delay in the implementation of ETCS on the Riedbahn. The crucial rail artery between Frankfurt and…
After the flood: DB to electrify Eifel line at high speed

Deutsche Bahn (DB) is continuing to green Germany’s regional rail network: it’s announced that it will start electrifying part of its Eifelstrecke railway network, which connects the Cologne…

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