English rolling stock manufacturer Vivarail has unveiled its hydrogen train design – and it could be on the tracks by the end of 2019.
The train will follow the design of the Transport for Wales fleet with two driving motor cars powered by Hoppecke batteries. Execept instead of a diesel genset beneath the intermediate car, the hydrogen train will have two carriages housing the fuel cells and hydrogen tanks.
Alice Gillman, from Vivarail, told The Engineer that the test train, which is currently in production, is due to begin operating on the company’s track by the end of 2019.
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