China launches World’s first of its kind hydrogen train with semi high-speed with a range of six hundred km.
First hydrogen powered trains has been launched by China for the Urban Railways getting a total range of 600 km with a single tank. The highest speed it touches is of 160 kilometers per hour.
The CRRC Corporation Ltd of China has recently unveiled the country’s first hydrogen urban train and this happens to be the first Hydrogen Train . This train gets a top speed of one hundred and sixty kilometers per hour. Also its operational range with one refueling is six hundred kilometers.
Chinese Hydrogen Train developed on the Fuxing
The Hydrogen train of China was made on the basis of the Fuxing high-speed platform including four cars with it. Two years ago in 2021 also the CRRC introduced this category of a shunting locomotive. Not only that, country’s hydrogen trams were also produced in the decade of 2010.
The CRRC plans to give the train a Digital solutions which includes component monitoring sensors, 5G data transmission equipment along with GoA2 automation. The government of China also expects that the CO2 emissions will be reduced through operation of the train in comparison with the diesel traction till 10 tons per annum.