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3 May 2021 | By Dr Ben Todd
For Global Railway Review, Dr Ben Todd, Founder and CEO of Arcola Energy, explains the benefits of hydrogen power on the Scottish rail network and details the potential of re-powering existing rolling stock in order to achieve Scotland’s zero emission targets.
23 April 2021 | By Global Railway Review
A Class 08 shunter will undergo a complete overhaul and receive a new hydrogen power system, marking it as the UK’s first-ever conversion of a diesel locomotive to run on hydrogen power.
19 August 2021 | By Global Railway Review
The new government Hydrogen Strategy outlines how the UK rail industry can be supported through the development of hydrogen economies and continue to excel as one of the ‘greenest ways’ of travel.
12 March 2021 | By Global Railway Review
Canadian Pacific's Hydrogen Locomotive Program will see the development of North America's first hydrogen-powered line-haul freight locomotive.
24 August 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)
Alstom have announced that the world’s first hydrogen train, the Coradia iLint, will begin passenger service on a 100 per cent hydrogen operated route.
23 November 2022 | By Dr. Kyle Mulligan
How can a railroad eliminate its carbon emissions while still meeting its commitments to its customers and the larger economy? This question is one that Dr. Kyle Mulligan, Assistant Vice-President, Operations Technology at Canadian Pacific (CP), explains CP sought to answer with its ‘Hydrogen Locomotive Program’.
7 May 2024 | By
As technologies and awareness around wheelset maintenance have advanced in recent years, how has SZ-VIT adapted to make the most of this? Rok Čeh, dipl. inž. str., SŽ – VIT, Center Ptuj (wheelset maintenance) explains all.
28 November 2019 | By Andreas Hoffrichter, Gord Lovegrove, Kerrick Lannon-Paakspuu, Mohamed A. Hegazi, Vishnu Kumar
Kerrick Lannon-Paakspuu (University of Toronto Mechanical Engineering Graduate), Dr. Gord Lovegrove (Professor, University of British Columbia), Vishnu Kumar (Engineer, University of British Columbia), Mohamed A. Hegazi (Researcher, University of British Columbia) and Dr. Andreas Hoffrichter (Professor, Michigan State University), explore the use of hydrogen as an environmentally friendly energy carrier for…
5 January 2021 | By Global Railway Review
By working on the development of Scotland's first hydrogen train, Arcola Energy and the consortium will support the country's target to achieve net zero emissions by 2035.
30 September 2020 | By Global Railway Review
The hydrogen-powered HydroFLEX train, developed by the University of Birmingham and Porterbrook, will help to decarbonise rail transportation.
3 December 2021 | By Global Railway Review
Alstom and Hungary’s leading oil and gas company have signed an agreement to cooperate in examining the use of hydrogen technology in rail transportation in Hungary.
24 November 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)
An innovative hydrogen fuel cell system developed by Alstom and ENGIE is to be used by Nestlé Waters France for rail freight transport from 2025.
21 July 2021 | By Global Railway Review
Repsol and Talgo will jointly develop projects to promote the creation of renewable hydrogen-powered trains and promote emission-free rail transport in the Iberian Peninsula.
10 October 2022 | By Elliot Robinson (Editorial Assistant - Global Railway Review)
DB are cooperating with FFI to develop a new emission-free ammonia-hydrogen technology to replace conventional diesel engines.
7 January 2019 | By Global Railway Review
Hydrogen trains could be seen operating in the UK as early as 2022, thanks to Alstom and Eversholt Rail. The trains will leave no harmful emissions at all.
