First hydrogen powered train
- Who
- Coradia iLint
- What
- First
- Where
- Germany
- When
- 17 September 2018
On 17th September 2018, the Alstom Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel cell powered train entered service on German railways. The train can travel up to 140 kilometers per hour (87 miles per hour) and entered service in Lower Saxony, Germany. Fueled via a mobile hydrogen filling station, the trains will run on around 100 kilometers (62 miles) between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervorde and Buxtehude. Hydrogen fuel cells burn hydrogen and oxygen as fuel with the only by-product being water; this is a significant contribution to reducing greenhouse gasses for public transport.
In June 2020, the train entered service in Austria and is trialled in the UK on 20 September 2020.