Railways to run Hydrogen-powered trains on heritage routes

As part of the “green train” initiative, the Railway Ministry is working on a plan to convert all heritage trains into eco-friendly Green Hydrogen-powered trains. At present 8 heritage trains, which is being operated by railways in different parts of the country. These trains currently run on either steam or diesel engines.”The Railways plans to convert these trains into Green Hydrogen-powered trains. This is part of the railways green initiative,” Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, said here. “As per the proposal, these trains will continue to don a heritage look. However instead of coal, the train will run on Green Hydrogen fuel,” he said.”These Hydrogen trains will be tailor-made for each route and will be introduced over the next two years,” he added.Since most of the heritage trains are being operated in hill stations, Hydrogen-powered trains will be environment friendly.The…

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