Germany has launched the world’s first-ever railway line powered entirely by hydrogen, with passenger trains commencing operations in the European nation’s Lower Saxony region. On Wednesday, a total of five units of the Coradia iLint – the world’s first train to be powered by hydrogen – were launched in the country after a 2-year test run, which began in September 2018 and was held with a pair of pre-series trains.
Here’s all you need to know about this route, and the train:
(1.) A total of 14 Coradia iLint units are scheduled to replace 15 diesel trains on the route between Cuxhaven, Bremerhaven, Bremervörde and Buxtehude. Each of these will be in operation by the end of the year, which means that the remaining nine, too, will be launched soon.
