20 Sep 2016

“World’s first hydrogen train to run in Germany“

Die Welt / BMVI

The world’s first long-distance, hydrogen-oxygen fuel cell-propelled train in batch production will be in operation on German tracks by 2017, writes Nikolaus Doll in Die Welt. French rail transport company Alstom today presents its ‘Corodia iLint’ model that was developed and manufactured in Germany and is slated to run on a northern German route from December 2017 on. The hydrogen stored in a tank on the train’s rooftop allows for 600-800 kilometres (km) of travel at a maximum speed of 140 km/h. The Federal transport ministry (BMVI) supported the project with 8 million euros, the ministry writes in a separate press release,

Read the article in German here and the BMVI press release in German here.

For background read the CLEW dossier The energy transition and Germany’s transport sector.

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