Alstom has demonstrated the effectiveness of its hydrogen-powered Coradia iLint passenger train after it completed a 1,175km journey across Germany without stopping to refuel.
Alstom used a vehicle used belonging to LNVG, the transport authority of Lower Saxony, Germany, and also partnered with the gas and engineering company Linde.
“We are pleased to be leading innovation in this area as the first railway manufacturer in the world to offer a passenger train based on hydrogen technology,” said Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO and Chairman of the Board at Alstom.
“With this journey, we have provided further proof that our hydrogen trains have all the prerequisites to replace diesel vehicles.
“We are immensely proud of the pioneering work we have done in introducing hydrogen to rail transport.”
Starting in Bremervörde, Lower Saxony, the train travelled through Hesse to Bavaria, all the way to Burghausen near the German-Austrian border before coming to a stop in Munich. Following this remarkable journey, the train will now head for the German capital. Several trips through Berlin are on the agenda as part of InnoTrans 2022 from 20-23 September.
There is great international interest in sustainable mobility. In addition to the contract with LNVG for 14 Coradia iLint trains for operation in Lower Saxony, Alstom has been commissioned to supply 27 Coradia iLint trains for use in the Frankfurt metropolitan area.
Outside Germany, Alstom is building six Coradia Stream hydrogen trains in the Italian region of Lombardy, with an additional option agreed for eight more vehicles.
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