Retrofitted hydrogen CAF train starts test runs

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Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF has started dynamic track testing of their retrofitted Renfe Civia hydrogen-battery train for the FCH2Rail project last week. The European project Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack for Rail Applications works on developing a hydrogen powerpack that can be used to retrofit existing electric or diesel trains.

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Author: Esther Geerts

Former Editor RailTech.com

1 comment op “Retrofitted hydrogen CAF train starts test runs”

bönström bönström|02.08.22|12:22

Accordingly, urgently, all technicalities of railways, in particular, those virtually not sustainable, but breaking…, thus currently proving serious drawbacks…, etc. now, as well, have to be attended!
Rail the most vital part…, of a 200 year old device, now is Weak Link… This is not sustainable!
(Safely calculable safety factors have to be provided for!… Now it is 2022 and rail, of all…, shall not be “fuse” – of railways…)

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Retrofitted hydrogen CAF train starts test runs

Image: CAF

Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF has started dynamic track testing of their retrofitted Renfe Civia hydrogen-battery train for the FCH2Rail project last week. The European project Fuel Cell Hybrid PowerPack for Rail Applications works on developing a hydrogen powerpack that can be used to retrofit existing electric or diesel trains.

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Author: Esther Geerts

Former Editor RailTech.com

1 comment op “Retrofitted hydrogen CAF train starts test runs”

bönström bönström|02.08.22|12:22

Accordingly, urgently, all technicalities of railways, in particular, those virtually not sustainable, but breaking…, thus currently proving serious drawbacks…, etc. now, as well, have to be attended!
Rail the most vital part…, of a 200 year old device, now is Weak Link… This is not sustainable!
(Safely calculable safety factors have to be provided for!… Now it is 2022 and rail, of all…, shall not be “fuse” – of railways…)

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