India will roll out trains running on hydrogen fuel cells on some of its tourist services by the end of the year, Union railways minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Tuesday, announcing the names of eight heritage route services that “will go green”.Hydrogen fuel cells are increasingly being tried as a clean energy technology in the transportation sector, with several countries having already begun running light capacity services that leave no emission apart from water. “The first train under ‘Hydrogen for Heritage’ will commence operations from December 2023, implying that trains in the heritage routes will go green,” Vaishnaw said, adding that the locomotives will still retain the look of a steam engine to stick to its heritage ethos.The routes on which these trains will be rolled out are Kalka-Shimla, Matheran Hill, Darjeeling Himalayan, Kangra valley, Bilmora-Waghai,…
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