The fuel cell unit, powered by hydrogen, converts the mixture of hydrogen and oxygen to generate electricity of up to 100kW with water being the only by-product. Porterbrook collaborated with Northern to fit the train with hydrogen fuel tanks, a fuel cell and battery pack to allow the train to operate with zero carbon emissions. The HydroFLEX train has been developed from a Class 319 train – a class first built in 1987. The UK’s first hydrogen-powered train, HydroFLEX, was developed by the University of Birmingham’s Centre for Railway Research and Education and rolling stock solutions provider Porterbrook and launched in 2019. The Coradia iLint can carry up to 150 seated passengers and 150 standing passengers and can reach a range of up to 1,000km at a maximum speed of 140km/h. The electricity required for the running of the on-board systems is supplied via a fuel cell, which generates energy by combining the hydrogen stored on the train’s roof with oxygen in the air. In a press release, Jörg Nikutta, Alstom Transport Deutschland managing director for Germany and Austria, commented: “Our two pre-series trains of the Coradia iLint have proven over the past year and a half that fuel cell technology can be used successfully in daily passenger service.”
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