China's CRRC Corporation Ltd. has unveiled its first hydrogen urban train, which happens to be Asia's first hydrogen train. Earlier, Germany unveiled first ever hydrogen train in the world. The train was developed on the basis of the Fuxing high-speed platform and includes 4 cars with 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). CRRC also introduced such a shunting locomotive in 2021, and hydrogen trams were produced earlier in the mid-2010s.
China's CRRC Corporation Ltd. has unveiled its first hydrogen urban train, which happens to be Asia's first hydrogen train. Earlier, Germany unveiled first ever hydrogen train in the world.
The train was developed on the basis of the Fuxing high-speed platform and includes 4 cars with a top speed of 160 km/h.
It has an operational range without refueling of 600 km (the record of 1175 km has been set this September by Coradia iLint serial train of Alstom).
CRRC also introduced such a shunting locomotive in 2021, and hydrogen trams were produced earlier in the mid-2010s.
Digital solutions for the latest CRRC gets GoA2 automation, component monitoring sensors and 5G data transmission equipment.
It is expected that the operation of the train will reduce CO2 emissions compared to diesel traction by 10 tons per year.