The California Department of Transportation (Caltrans) has expanded its investment in sustainable transportation by ordering six additional hydrogen-powered passenger trains from Stadler Rail, with a total investment of $127 million. This order builds upon a previous commitment in 2023 for four hydrogen trains, aiming for these new additions to be operational by 2027.
The companies have signed a contract to support decarbonization of train fleets by retrofitting a diesel locomotive (from Irish Rail) with a Hydrogen Internal Combustion Engine (made by DIGAS), which will run on renewable, emission-free fuel.
Accelera by Cummins is powering North America’s first hydrogen passenger train, the Coradia iLint, with fuel cells and green hydrogen produced by an Accelera electrolyzer.
The Coradia iLint hydrogen train, driven by Alstom, took 100 passengers on a 90 km/56 mi trip in Quebec, Canada, completing the first hydrogen train journey in North America.
Canadian Pacific Kansas City and CSX Corporation announce intent to build and deploy hydrogen locomotive conversion kits for diesel-electric locomotives.
China launched a hydrogen-powered urban train produced by CRRC Changchun Railway Company and Chengdu Rail Transit on January 2023.
Bakken Energy signs memorandum with BNSF Railway to design a Heartland Hydrogen Hub, railways for transporting clean hydrogen.
The hydrogen-energy urban train developed by CRRC Changchun Railway Co and Chengdu Rail Transit rolled off the assembly line in Chengdu, China, on Wednesday.
Nestlé Waters will use the hydrogen freight train developed by Alstom and ENGIE to transport water by 2025.
The train made its first revenue run last month in Calgary, Alberta. Railway aims to have three hydrogen locomotives in local service by the end of 2023.