China becomes the first country in Asia to launch Hydrogen powered passenger Train

China becomes the first country in Asia to launch Hydrogen powered passenger Train

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Category : International Published on: January 05 2023

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  • China's CRRC Corporation Ltd. recently unveiled its first hydrogen urban train, which happens to be Asia's first hydrogen train.
  • The hydrogen train gets a top speed of 160 km/h, and the operational range without refueling is 600 km (the record of 1175 km has been set this September by Coradia iLint serial train of Alstom in Germany).
  • On the other hand, India is also moving fast to make its first-ever indigenous Hydrogen trains. As per various statements given by Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, India will most likely get its first hydrogen train by 2023.
  • Earlier, Germany became the first country to operate the world’s first-ever hydrogen-powered passenger train fleet.
  • The hydrogen train in Germany has been made by France’s rail transport company Alstom.
  • Hydrogen has been looked at as a potent replacement for fossil fuels in the transportation industry.
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