Hydrogen Train

Hydrogen-powered trains enter passenger service in Germany

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Four years after embarking on a two-year operational trial run in Germany, a bunch of Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel-cell trains have entered passenger service along a 100% hydrogen route in Lower Saxony.
The passenger service trial, which began in September 2018 and ran for almost two years, involved the successful operation of two pre-series Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel-cell trains along an existing route operated by Eisenbahnen und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser (EVB).

Now the project has officially entered public service, and expanded to 14 trains designed by Alstom engineers at the regional trains facility in Salzgitter, Germany, and the traction systems center in Tarbes, France. They were purchased by Lower Saxony Ministry of Transport and are owned by the state-run Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen mbH (LNVG) railway authority, which started looking for alternatives to diesel locomotives in 2012 and has committed to buying only non-diesel (hydrogen fuel cell or battery electric) trains from here on in.

The Coradia iLint is reported clean and quiet, emitting only steam and condensed water
EVB/Sabrina Adeline NagelEmitting only steam and condensed water, and with a range of 1,000 km (~620 miles), each train is expected to operate on a single tank of hydrogen for a full day's service along the route between Cuxhaven, Bremerhave, Bremervörde and Buxtehude. Travel speeds on the EVB network are reported to run between 80 and 120 km/h (50 - 74.5 mph), but the trains can get up to 140 km/h (87 mph).

They will each get daily top-ups at the Linde hydrogen filling station at Bremervörde, which is home to 64 high-pressure (500-bar) storage tanks, six compressors and two fuel pumps. Future plans call for hydrogen production on site via "electrolysis and regeneratively generated electricity."

Five of the Coradia iLints are currently in operation according to EVB, with the remainder expected to join the fleet by the end of 2022 – replacing 15 diesel trains operating on the network, and saving an estimated 1.6 million liters of diesel and 4,400 tonnes of CO2 per year.

Five Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel-cell trains are reported to have entered passenger service now, with nine more set to join them by the close of 2022 - replacing 15 diesel trains on the rail network
EVB/Sabrina Adeline Nagel

"This project is a worldwide role model," said Premier of Lower Saxony, Stephan Weil. "It is an excellent example of a successful transformation Made in Lower Saxony. As a state of renewable energies, we are setting a milestone on the path to climate neutrality in he transport sector."

Alstom's hydrogen-powered train plans aren't stopping with Lower Saxony, the company has also been contracted to supply 27 Coradia iLint hydrogen fuel-cell trains to the Frankfurt metropolitan area, as well as six Coradia Stream hydrogen trains for the Lombardy region in Italy, and a dozen Coradia Polyvant hydrogen trains for different regions in France. The company has been running operational trials in Poland, the Netherlands, Sweden and Austria as well.
Source: Alstom

 RTD says A Line train running again after replacement of wire stolen from tracks

RTD is having problems with people stealing copper wires from light rail tracks. For several hours on Tuesday, that theft caused disruptions for the A Line service between Denver International Airport and Union Station.
The disruption happened at the crossing gates at Sable Boulevard and also at Chambers Road, causing malfunctions. Crews tell CBS News Colorado that thefts are happening so often they can't keep up. As soon as the wire is replaced, it's stolen again, they say.
Today, shuttles bused passengers around the closed area until shortly after 4 p.m. when the trains started running again. The line to the airport was shut down between the Central Park Station and the station at the intersection of 40th Avenue and Airport Boulevard.
According to investigators, the wire is stolen and then sold by thieves, who left passengers scampering to get to their destinations.One passenger wasn't waiting, "I don't want to miss my flight so I'm just going to get an Uber."Riders seemed in the dark about the delays, so CBS4'S Rick Sallinger boarded a train and let some of them know what was going on.
"Do you know why the train is delayed? Someone stole wire from the tracks. You're going to have to take a bus," Sallinger told passengers.RTD had informed passengers only that track maintenance was taking place. "Pretty inconvenient. I wasn't in a hurry, maybe I am now," said another rider.
The theft of copper wire happened before on other rail lines in recent weeks, specifically the D and H lines.The service disruption happened as Joel Fitzgerald took the reins as RTD's new chief of transit police and emergency management on Tuesday. 

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