Topic: Hydrogen-powered train

Ricardo and partners receive additional funding for hydrogen project

Ricardo and its partners have received additional funding in order to move their ‘Holistic Hydrogen Approach to Heavy Duty Transport’ (H2H) project to the next phase.

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Alstom, ENGIE announce renewable hydrogen refuelling and logistics partnership

Alstom and ENGIE have agreed on a partnership that will see the two companies work on fuel cell drive trains for electric locomotives and the accompanying hydrogen production and…
Linsinger presents first hydrogen milling train for emission-free track maintenance

Austrian company Linsinger has developed the world’s first hydrogen-powered milling train. The Rail Milling Train MG11 Hydrogen can be used for maintenance of the tracks of metros and…
Ferrovie Nord Milono will operate Italy’s first hydrogen trains

Railway operator Ferrovie Nord Milano (FNM) has come to an agreement with Alstom for the delivery of six hydrogen trains. These trains will run on the Brescia-Iseo-Edolo line…
EU-funding to help develop a hydrogen-powered train

The European Commission will start negotiations for a grant agreement value of 10 million euros towards the development of a hydrogen-powered train prototype. The FCH2RAIL project will be…
Starting signal for world’s second hydrogen filling station for passenger trains in Germany

Train builder Alstom, German traffic association Rhein-Main-Verkehrsverbund (RMV) and industrial zone operator Infraserv Höchst are working together on the construction of a hydrogen filling station for passenger trains.…
Hydrogen trains will replace diesel units in Groningen

The Dutch province of Groningen will deploy hydrogen trains on its tracks in the year 2024. The Wunderline to Germany is one of the tracks on which the…
First British hydrogen train debuts in Warwickshire

HydroFLEX, first Britain’s hydrogen-powered train, has debuted in Warwickshire. It performed a maiden trip on Wednesday, 30 September. The Department for Transport expects that this kind of innovative…
Austrian Federal Railways starts test with hydrogen train for passenger service

Starting this week, the Austrian Federal Railways ÖBB deploys the hydrogen train Coradia iLint in regular passenger service around Vienna, testing the train for the next three months.…
Deutsche Bahn to become carbon neutral by 2050

German national railway operator Deutsche Bahn is planning to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. To this end, it will totally convert its traction energy that will be generated…

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Scotland will decarbonise its railways by 2045

Scotland, the constituent unit of the United Kingdom, will reach zero emission by 2045. To this end, the country’s government plans to decarbonise the railway network. Within this…
World’s first filling station for hydrogen trains will be in Germany

Global engineering company Linde will construct the world’s first motionless filling station for hydrogen trains. It will appear close to Bremervörde railway station in the German state of…
New boost for British hydrogen train programme

The British hydrogen train programme received a new financial impetus. Eversholt Rail and Alstom will jointly invest an additional 1.1 million euros in the project. Britain’s first hydrogen…
Over 400 battery trains could be introduced in UK

Two-thirds of the UK’s railway network is non-electrified. This creates great promise and demand for battery-powered trains. Hitachi Rail has estimated the potential of the British market at…
Railway the only mode of transport reducing carbon emissions

Railway is a crucial part of the European Union environmentally-friendly policy. Year by year, the sector is gradually moving towards carbon neutrality by reducing its emissions. To unlock…