Northern Railway has proposed the running of a hydrogen-powered toy train on the 90-km British-era Kalka-Shimla narrow gauge railway track, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It expects to get sanction for the proposal in the upcoming Railway Budget 2023.
According to the plan, hydrogen gas stations will be built at Kalka, Barog and Shimla railway stations, which are located at the same distance from each other on the route.
Railway officials said the first seven coaches, which will have hydrogen technique equipped, will be made on the pattern of Vande Bharat train coaches. The size of the coaches and the capacity to carry the passengers will be according to the British-era narrow gauge railway track.
