Germany will become the first country in Europe to put hydrogen passenger trains into commercial operation in March 2022. The European railways are putting the rails of the future on track, as 23 hydrogen trains have already been built by the French Alstom at its plant in Germany, have received all the necessary approvals.
Italy and France are following in the same footsteps, while Britain and Spain have already shown interest. But will hydrogen trains also get a ticket for Greece?
The discussion has been opened between Alstom, Trenitalia of the Italian group FSI – to which TRAINOSE belongs – and SNAM, with which there is a strategic cooperation, as well as with the competent Ministry of Infrastructure and Transport, as reported by Alstom SVP Jean Luca Erba, during the webinar for the 18 months of trial operation of the first hydrogen train, the CoradiaiLint, which will “run” commercially in Lower Saxony from March 2022.