French Company Alstom unveiled a Zero-emission train powered by hydrogen at Innotrains Trade fair. The new train is CO2-emission-free and is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, stored in a hydrogen fuel tank on the roof of the train. The train produces just steam and water as opposed to greenhouse gases and is less noisy than traditional trains. Alstom Proudly launched a breakthrough innovation in
the field of clean transportation which will complete its Coradia range of regional trains.Alstom Chairman and CEO, Henri Poupart-Lafarge.
• The “hydrail” technology has been under development for the last 25 years, but engineers have focused on freight trains. The East Japan Railway Company ran its first test for a hydrail railcar in 2006, and a Chinese company released the first hydrail tram, but Coradia will be the first hydrogen passenger train to run long distances.
• One full tank enables the new train to travel between 600 and 800 kilometres. Other German states – Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia – have shown interest in the train as well as countries such as the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.
• The cost has not yet been revealed by Alstom, but according to Die Welt, the hydrogen train will be more expensive than the current diesel models.
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