The country’s first hydrogen-powered Driving Power Car was successfully tested at Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai.
India is developing 1,200 HP Hydrogen train. This will place India among the leaders in hydrogen-powered train technology, Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said in social media message.
Sources said that General Manager of Northern Railway (NR) Ashok Kumar Verma last week visited ICF and inspected the hydrogen train, which is to be run in NR. The second power car will be tested in a weeks time. After successful completion the entire rake consisting of tens cars will be sent to NR by the last week of August 25.
The minister informed the Rajya Sabha in 2023 that Indian Railways has envisaged running 35 Hydrogen trains under ‘Hydrogen for Heritage.’ This is being taken up at an estimated cost of ₹80 crore per train and ground infrastructure of ₹70 crore per route on various heritage and hill routes.