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Progressive Railroading, 9/21/22

 

Stadler to deliver zero-emission trains to California transportation agencies

 

 

Stadler Rail Group has signed a memorandum of understanding with the California State Transportation Agency and the California Department of Transportation for the design and delivery of four zero-emission hydrogen FLIRT trains with additional options for up to 21 more trains.

 

The vehicles would be deployed statewide in California as part of the state's "next big rail investment," Stadler officials said in a press release. 

 

 

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Trains News Wire

 

Stadler, California sign deal for hydrogen trainsets

 

October 13, 2023

 

Contract formalizes agreement first announced at InnoTrans in 2022

 

A rendering shows one of the FLIRT H2 hydrogen-powered trainsets to be built for California.

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SALT LAKE CITY — Rail equipment manufacturer Stadler and the state of California on Thursday signed a contract calling for Stadler to build four hydrogen-powered trainsets for use in the state, with an option for up to 25 more trains.

 

The contract signed Thursday formalizes an agreement announced as a “memorandum of understanding” in September 2022 at the InnoTrans trade show in Berlin [see “Stadler unveils first hydrogen train for U.S. …,” Trains News Wire, Sept. 21, 2022]. It calls for Stadler to provide the four trainsets for the California State Transportation Agency and California Department of Transportation.

 

The contract signing comes as the company’s first such FLIRT H2 hydrogen train has been making demonstration runs at the American Public Transportation Association conference in Orlando, Fla. That trainset is destined for use on the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority’s Arrow service [see “Stadler hydrogen trainset makes debut …,” News Wire, Oct. 12, 2023].

 

 

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Stadler hydrogen trainset sets distance record

 

By Trains Staff | March 25, 2024

 

FLIRT H2 destined for San Bernardino travels 1,741 miles on single tank of fuel

 

Stadler’s hydrogen-powered FLIRT H2 trainset, as shown at InnoTrans in Berlin in 2022, has established a distance record. Keith Fender

 

PUEBLO, Colo. — Stadler Rail’s hydrogen powered multiple-unit passenger trainset has set a record by traveling more than 1,700 miles without refueling or recharging.

 

The FLIRT H2 trainset, destined for use on the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority’s Arrow service, covered 1,741.7 miles on the test loop at the Transportation Technology Center in Pueblo. The record run — certified by observers from the Guinness World Records team — began on the evening of March 20. With the train operated in shifts by engineers from Stadler and ENSCO, operators of the TTC, it concluded more than 46 hours later, at 5:32 p.m. Mountain time on March 22.

 

 

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