Testing of world’s first fuel-cell-powered train under way.
Railway systems and equipment company Alstom successfully completed an 80 km/h test run of the Coradia iLint, the world’s first fuel-cell-powered passenger train, at the company’s test track in Salzgitter, Germany, last month.
An extensive test campaign will be conducted in Germany and the Czech Republic in the coming months before the Coradia iLint performs its first passenger test runs on the Buxtehude– Bremervörde–Bremerhaven– Cuxhaven route, in Germany, early next year.
Subsequent to the test run, Alstom will conduct a four-week long trial run in Salzgitter to test the stability of the energy supply system, based on coordinated interaction between the drive, the fuel cell and the battery of the train. The braking power will also be tested to check the interface between the pneumatic and electric brakes.
Further, dynamic tests will be performed at 80 km/h and up to 140 km/h, the maximum speed of the train, at the Salzgitter plant, in Velim, in the Czech Republic.
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