Russia’s hydrogen plan: ‘it is all about the right infrastructure’
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
Hungarian fossil fuel company teams up with Alstom for hydrogen trains
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
Alstom wants to optimise hydrogen train refueling
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 railway test centre upgrades tracks for autonomous trains
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
Taxirail: the future for regional rail?
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
Talgo joins with Repsol for hydrogen trains
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
Hydrogen trains: DB develops rapid refueling
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
UK funds Freightliner’s dual-fuel project
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 signs deal for hydrogen locomotives
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 SNCF cooperate on hydrogen trains
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
Germany funds 25 million for hydrogen trains in Brandenburg
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 moreThe journey towards fully electric mobility in rail
ANALYSIS – The climate targets set for each country require us to rethink our mobility to make it greener. This has raised a fundamental question concerning the many diesel trains that still run in Europe...Read more‘Get past hydrogen filling stations for trains only’
One of the challenges for the further development and adoption of hydrogen trains are the creation of a hydrogen ecosystem and multi-modal fueling stations. That says Muslum Yakisan, President of Alstom for Germany, Austria and...Read more