In Salzgitter
In the hangar of the Alstom factory in Salzgitter, the two assembly lines are moving in parallel.
To the right of the central aisle, a yellow train under construction that will run on diesel.
On the left, workers are busy electrifying the toilet cubicle by neon light.
They are busy, cap and gray overalls, on the world's first hydrogen passenger train now in series production: the Coradia I Lint.
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Alstom exhibits its hydrogen train in France
This model is part of the order placed by Lower Saxony, the Land in which the factory is located.
Twenty-seven hydrogen fuel trains will run on its network from May.
The Frankfurt region has also placed an order for 14 “clean” trains, nevertheless mixed with conventional diesel trains.
"It's normal that there are still hesitations, skepticism in the face of this new technology that we are the first to master,"
comments Andreas Frixen, Green Rail Solutions Director at Alstom.
Mixed with oxygen, the hydrogen contained in these boxes provides the energy necessary for locomotion.
The train can run without catenary and there are no emissions other than water vapor
Stefan Schrank, technical director of the Coradia I Lint project
The Coradia I Lint, of which…
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