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The Times, London, UK 1/16/18:

 

Hydrogen-powered trains could replace dirty diesel

 

Coradia iLint, the only hydrogen-powered train, can cover up to 620 miles at a time and reach a maximum speed of 87mphJOHN MACDOUGALL/GETTY IMAGE

 

Eco-friendly hydrogen trains could be introduced on to one of Britain’s busiest rail networks under plans to phase out dirty diesel engines.

 

The government said that the technology should be considered on the Great Western network between London and the West Country. The Department for Transport indicated that hydrogen could be used as an alternative power supply on smaller branch lines that will never be electrified.

 

Ministers are believed to be keen on hydrogen trains as a cheaper alternative to converting lines to electric power, which has proved to be hugely expensive.

 

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Railway Age 3/6/20
 

Alstom Coradia iLint Passes Tests

 

Alstom Coradia iLint test in the Netherlands. Photo copyright ProRail_Stefan Verkerk.

 

 

Alstom has performed 10 days of tests of the Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell train—the world’s first passenger train powered by hydrogen fuel cells—on the 65-kilometer line between Groningen and Leeuwarden to the north of the Netherlands.

 

The tests follow 18 successful months of passenger service on the Buxtehude–Bremervörde–Bremerhaven–Cuxhaven line in Germany, where a total of 41 Coradia iLints have already been ordered. The latest tests make the Netherlands the second country in Europe where the train has proven itself a unique emissions-free solution for non-electrified lines.

 

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Metro Magazine, 12/1/20
 

Alstom's Hydrogen Fuel-Cell Train Completes Testing in Austria

 

The Coradia iLint is fully approved for the Austrian network after successfully completing three months of passenger operation testing with Austrian Federal Railways.

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Alstom's Coradia iLint, the world's first hydrogen fuel-cell train, successfully completed three months of test operation on ÖBB’s (Austrian Federal Railways) regional lines. This comes just after it received approval from the Austrian Federal Ministry for Climate Protection, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation, and Technology (BMK) in October.

 

Austria is the second country in Europe, after Germany, to fully approve of the Coradia iLint as an emission-free alternative to diesel multiple units.

 

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