SNCF subsidiary Captrain France has announced a partnership agreement with Hydrogène de France (HDF Energy) to develop hydrogen-powered locomotives, a decarbonisation solution for French and European rail freight.Read more
Siemens Mobility presented its first Mireo Plus H hydrogen train at its factory in Krefeld on Thursday. The train was unveiled as part of the H2goesRail project, a joint endeavour with Deutsche Bahn (DB).Read more
Engineering consultancy Ricardo has secured funding from the Strategic Innovation Fund (SIF) for two transport innovation project in the rail sector. Together with partners, Ricardo will compare battery and hydrogen trains, as well as look...Read more
Spanish rolling stock manufacturer CAF partners with energy company Iberdrola for the use of green hydrogen in rail. Iberdrola will deliver green hydrogen for the pilot project of a Renfe Civia train prototype refitted with...Read more
Russia is currently building a fleet of new hydrogen-based freight locomotives, completely in line with the recently approved state strategy towards hydrogen energy in the Russian Federation. But only by building new locomotives the shift...Read more
Alstom and MOL Group, an oil and gas company in Hungary, are to jointly research the use of hydrogen technology for rail transport. The two companies have signed a letter of intent to this end....Read more
Train builder Alstom signed a partnership agreement to optimise the hydrogen refuelling of passenger trains with Hynamics. The goal is to reduce the time needed to refuel the trains, and thus accelerate the development of...Read more
Czech-based Railway Research Institute VUZ plans to further upgrade its test tracks with ETCS and study the testing of autonomous trains. They will also install their own sources of clean energy and production of hydrogen,...Read more
InterviewSmall, autonomous vehicles on the rails, which run seven days a week and 24 hours a day. That is the concept of Taxirail, and according to Project Director Régis Coat, it might be the future...Read more
Spanish train manufacturer Talgo joins forces with hydrogen producer Repsol. Talgo is already developing a project to manufacture dual hydrogen-electric trains as part of the Basque Hydrogen Corridor initiative, launched in February this year. Repsol...Read more
Deutsche Bahn will develop a new type of mobile filling station for hydrogen trains, which will fuel trains within 15 minutes. Following tests in the coming weeks, it will be built in autumn, and should...Read more
The UK government will finance a research programme aimed at advancing a dual-fuel solution for the class 66 locomotive. It is part of its ‘First of a Kind’ scheme, awarded to a consortium led by...Read more
Russian Railways (RZD), Rusnano and Sinara Group have signed a cooperation agreement for the development of mainline hydrogen locomotives. A power plant based on electrochemical hydrogen fuel cells together with lithium-ion batteries will be used...Read more
Russian Railways and the French SNCF have signed a roadmap for the use of trains running on hydrogen fuel cells. It also covers the introduction of other green technologies that will contribute to environmental transformation...Read more
From December 2024, the first journeys with hydrogen trains in the German state of Brandenburg are to take place. The state is funding 25 million euros for the project, which involves acquiring six hydrogen trains,...Read more
