Indian Railways to begin trials of India’s first hydrogen train in Dec 2024 – Know the speed & routes

Jyoti — Mon, 11 Nov 2024 05:31:20 +0000

India’s First Hydrogen Train: From next month, a train will run in the country which will neither run on diesel nor will it need electricity to run. This train which runs on ‘water’ is set to run on the tracks soon. Know the route, speed and special features of this train…

From steam engines to the coal smoke emitting chugging trains, over time, they have not only increased their speed but also got a complete makeover. Today, Indian Railways trains are running on diesel and electricity. Luxury trains like Vande Bharat, Shatabdi, Tejas are running on the tracks, while the work on the bullet train is going on at a rocket speed. Amidst all this, from next month, a train is going to run in the country which will neither run on diesel nor does it need electricity to run. The wait for this train running on ‘water’ is about to end.

For the first time in the country, such a train is going to run, which will run with the help of water. As a pilot project, the route of this special train has also been decided. The prototype train is set to run in December 2024. We are talking about the hydrogen train that will run in India from next month. The route, distance, speed of this train is all decided. Preparations are underway for its trial run in December 2024. This train will run on hydrogen fuel, for this the train will need 40000 liters of water every hour. Water storage will be built for this.

Plan to run 35 hydrogen trains in the country

The test of hydrogen fuel cell and infrastructure of the hydrogen train running on ‘water’ has been successful. The design of the cell and the hydrogen plant have been approved. There are plans to run 35 hydrogen trains across the country. According to Railway PRO Dilip Kumar, the cost of one hydrogen train is around Rs 80 crore.

People are surprised to hear how the train will run with the last water. Let us understand what is the whole science behind this. Actually, Indian Railways has set a target of making itself a ‘net zero carbon emitter’ by the year 2030, to achieve this target, the Railways has decided to run hydrogen trains. It is believed that this train can start in the year 2024-25. Railways is preparing to run 35 hydrogen trains on different routes. Hydrogen trains run on hydrogen fuel. This train has hydrogen fuel cells instead of diesel engines, which do not emit carbon dioxide, nitrogen or particulate matter. Pollution can be controlled by running these trains.

What is special about hydrogen train?

With the help of hydrogen fuel cells, electricity is generated in this train by converting hydrogen and oxygen. This electricity is used to run the train. The engine running on hydrogen gas will release steam and water instead of smoke. This train will have 60 percent less noise than a diesel engine, its speed and passenger carrying capacity will also be equal to that of a diesel train.

On which route will the first hydrogen train run

It is believed that the country’s first hydrogen train will run on the 90 km Jind-Sonipat route in Haryana. Apart from this, this train can also be run on Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway, Kalka Shimla Railway, Matheran Railway, Kangra Valley, Bilmora Waghai and Marwar-Devgarh Madaria routes. It is believed that the speed of this train will be 140 km/hour. This train can run up to 1000 km in one go.

Indian Railways will run the first Hydrogen train on this route from December. check details

Jyoti — Wed, 23 Oct 2024 04:40:08 +0000

New Delhi. After Vande Bharat and Amrit Bharat trains, Indian Railways is going to run another special train. Its specialty will be that it will neither run on electricity nor diesel.

Rather, the train will run on ‘water’. As a pilot project, the route of the first train has also been decided. According to the Railway Ministry, preparations are on to run the prototype train in December 2024.

Indian Railways is going to run a hydrogen train in the country. This train will run 90 km between Jind and Panipat in Haryana. 360 kg of hydrogen will be filled in the engine for one round. The work of building a hydrogen plant is also going on at a fast pace.

Dilip Kumar, Executive Director Information and Publicity, Ministry of Railways, said that Indian Railways is working towards zero carbon by 2030. Hydrogen will be used as fuel.

The test was successful

The work of hydrogen fuel cell and infrastructure is being done as a pilot project. Its test has been successful. The design of the cell and the hydrogen plant have been approved. Global agencies have given approval regarding hydrogen safety. Indian Railways has awarded the work of retro fitment of existing Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) for hydrogen fuel. There is a plan to make a prototype train at ICF Chennai.

Plan to run 35 hydrogen trains

Dilip Kumar said that Indian Railways has planned 35 hydrogen trains under Hydrogen Heritage, in which the cost of each train is estimated to be Rs 80 crore and Rs 70 crore for land infrastructure for heritage and hill routes.

Construction of the plant begins

The construction of the plant has started near the GRP police station at the railway junction. In this, a design has been prepared to collect water from the roofs of the buildings including the entire campus, hydrogen will be prepared from this water and trains will be run from it. Work is going on for this. A tank of three thousand kilograms of hydrogen storage will be built in the plant and only two trains can be run in the first phase. At the same time, excess hydrogen can be transported to another place with the help of tankers. The construction of a hydrogen gas plant at the railway junction started in 2022 at a cost of Rs 118 crore. This gas plant is being installed in an area of two thousand meters.

The engine will let out steam

The hydrogen gas powered engine will emit steam and water instead of smoke. The train will make 60 percent less noise than a conventional diesel engine. Its speed and passenger carrying capacity will also be equal to that of a diesel train.

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