Worlds First Hydrogen Train - Coradia iLint

Alstom's Coradia iLint is the first low floor passenger train worldwide, powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, which produces electrical power.‬

This zero-emission train is silent, and only emits steam and condensed water, and any excess energy is stored in ion lithium batteries on board the train.

The hydrogen tank feeds a fuel cell that generates energy, which is then pushed to an electric drive train. A small battery helps maintain power continuity, as well as storing energy saved from regenerative braking.

These new hydrogen trains, can run for about 600 miles or 1,000kms on a single tank of hydrogen, similar to the range of diesel trains, and will run 100-kilometer trips at up to 87 miles or 140 kilometres per hour.

Alstom has made the trains so that they operate in the same way as existing diesel trains, to avoid any culture shock for passengers and crew, except that they need to refuel their 1,000km capacity tanks, at dedicated H2 fueling stations.

Source: Alstom Coradia iLint / Video by Wonder World

Region:  Global