Hydrogen trains are running in Germany, Britain and China. According to the report of TWI Global, this train can run at a speed of 140 km per hour. Once the fuel is filled, it can run up to 1000 km.
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on the first of february Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman to the countrymen hydrogen train Can give the gift of railway Minister Ashwani Vaishnav have also indicated this. Even before this, the Railway Minister had said that hydrogen trains will start running in the country by December this year. At present they will be started on the heritage route so that they pollution can be made free.
A prototype of hydrogen fuel based train is being prepared in the Northern Railway Workshop of the country. The Railway Minister has claimed that it will be completed by the end of this year. If this happens, India will become the first country in Asia to run a hydrogen train after China. Let us know the features of the hydrogen train and on which possible routes it can run.
How will be the hydrogen train
The train that runs on hydrogen is called hydrogen train or hydrane, it is very environment friendly, it does not cause pollution. This train is not run directly by hydrogen, but by electricity generated with the help of hydrogen. In this, first of all oxygen is mixed with hydrogen, this creates energy by which the battery is charged. With this energy the train picks up speed. According to Alstom, a hydrogen train maker in Germany, this whole process is noiseless. Especially this train can be run at those places, on which railways are still using diesel engines. It will also be cheap as a fuel and also good for the environment.
Hydrogen train can be run on these routes
The Railway Minister has talked about running the hydrogen train on heritage routes, that is, such railway lines which are in the category of our heritage. In such a situation, it is believed that the first hydrogen train can be run on the narrow gauge route like Kalka-Shimla, Matheran Hill Railway, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Nilgiri Mountain, Kangra Valley, Bilmora Waghai etc., so that pollution can be relieved. Till now diesel engines are being run on these routes.
Speed up to 140 kmph
Currently hydrogen trains are running in Germany, UK and China. According to the report of TWI Global, this train can run at a speed of 140 km per hour. Once the fuel is filled, it can run up to 1000 km. The special thing is that the process of filling fuel in it is completed in 20 minutes. Recently, China has also started hydrogen train for urban railway. China is the first country in Asia to do so. Although the speed of this train is up to 160 km per hour. Since it will run on heritage routes in India, its speed will be kept low in the beginning.
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