India is the fourth country in the world to have succeeded in building a hydrogen train. The power of the hydrogen trains built by the other three countries so far is 600-700 horsepower, while India has built the world’s most powerful hydrogen train.
Our train is of 1200 horsepower. This train can be used in other places later. Union Minister of the Government of India Ashwini Vaishnav gave this information on Thursday. Railway Minister Vaishnav was speaking at the plenary session of the Pravasi Bharatiya Divas Sammelan on “Green Connection: Contribution of Overseas Community in Sustainable Development”.
Let us tell you that the country’s first hydrogen train will soon be seen running at a speed of 140 km on the track between Sonipat and Jind in Haryana. The government has set a deadline for its operation by January 2025. This means that this train can run this month itself, which will not only amaze the world. Note that after Sweden, China, Germany and France, India will be the country to run hydrogen trains.
This will be the country’s first pollution-free train, which will cover a distance of 90 km. It will have 8 to 10 coaches. In covering this distance, a diesel train emits about 964 kg of carbon, but this hydrogen train will be completely environment-friendly.
3 thousand kg hydrogen storage at Jind railway station
Special preparations are being made for this train in Jind district of Haryana. A plant is being built at Jind railway station to store 3,000 kg hydrogen. Along with this, underground storage is also being arranged. Rainwater collected on the roofs of the station will be transported to this plant. Necessary machines have also been ordered to run the hydrogen train. The trial run of this train will be done in January and there is a plan to run it regularly in this financial year.
🚆 Bharat’s Hydrogen train – 1200 HP capacity.
Developed by our engineers, our talent. pic.twitter.com/X5YMO0zHdz
— Ashwini Vaishnaw (@AshwiniVaishnaw) January 9, 2025
The coaches of the train are being manufactured at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai, which will be ready by December. Two trains are expected to run in the first phase. This train will give mileage equivalent to 4.5 liters of diesel on 1 kg of hydrogen. 2.4 MW of electricity will be required to pull 8 to 10 coaches, for which two power plants will be installed in the train.
Traveling to the mountains with a hydrogen train
Railways plans to run 30 hydrogen trains on heritage and mountain routes such as Matheran Hill Railway, Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Kalka-Shimla Railway, Kangra Valley Railway, Nilgiri Mountain Railway in the next three years.
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