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Meet China's first semi high-speed hydrogen train, gets 600 km range: IN PICS

China has launched Asia's first hydrogen powered trains for the Urban Railways and gets a range of 600 km on a single tank, with a top speed of 160 kmph. Check image gallery here.

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China's CRRC Corporation Ltd. has unveiled its first hydrogen urban train, which happens to be Asia's first hydrogen train. Earlier, Germany unveiled first ever hydrogen train in the world. 

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China's Hydrogen Train

The train was developed on the basis of the Fuxing high-speed platform and includes 4 cars with a top speed of 160 km/h.  

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It has an operational range without refueling of 600 km (the record of 1175 km has been set this September by Coradia iLint serial train of Alstom). 

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CRRC also introduced such a shunting locomotive in 2021, and hydrogen trams were produced earlier in the mid-2010s.

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China's Hydrogen Train

Digital solutions for the latest CRRC gets GoA2 automation, component monitoring sensors and 5G data transmission equipment. 

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China's Hydrogen Train

It is expected that the operation of the train will reduce CO2 emissions compared to diesel traction by 10 tons per year.