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    Alstom’s hydrogen-fueled Coradia iLint train completes 1,175km journey without refueling

    Sept. 19, 2022
    The firm also partnered with Linde to demonstrate the effectiveness of its Coradia iLint
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    Alstom demonstrated the effectiveness of its Coradia iLint train, covering a distance of 1,175 km (730 miles) without refuelling its hydrogen tank. The firm used a vehicle from the fleet belonging to the transport authority of Lower Saxony, Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG), for this demonstration project.

    The vehicle, used for the journey from Lower Saxony to Bavaria through Hesse, has been in regular operation on the Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser GmbH network since the middle of August 2022. Alstom also partnered with Linde, a gas and engineering firm, for this project.

    “We are pleased to be leading innovation in this area as the first railway manufacturer in the world to offer a passenger train based on hydrogen technology. With this journey, we have provided further proof that our hydrogen trains have all the prerequisites to replace diesel vehicles,” said Henri Poupart-Lafarge, CEO and Chairman of the Board at Alstom.

    Alstom has a contract for 14 Coradia iLint trains with LNVG and has also been commissioned to supply 27 of the trains for the Frankfurt metropolitan area. Additionally, Alstom is building 6 Coradia Stream hydrogen trains for Lombardy, Italy, with an option for eight more of the vehicles. 

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