The German Railway Office has given the green light to domestic commercial operation of the world ’s first hydrogen fuel cell passenger train . Two prototypes of Alstom 's Coradia iLint will be piloted on the Main - Rhine network , with a passenger service scheduled to start in late summer this year . The trains have a range of 600 km to 800 km , a top speed of 140kph and can carry up to 300 passengers . The move follows an agreement from December 2017 for Alstom to supply Lower Saxony with 14 hydrogen fuel cell trains , operational from December 2021 .
The German Railway Office has given the green light to domestic commercial operation of the world’s first hydrogen fuel cell passenger train. Two prototypes of Alstom's Coradia iLint will be piloted on the Elbe-Weser network, with a passenger service scheduled to start in late summer this year. The trains have a range of 600km to 800km, a top speed of 140kph and can carry up to 300 passengers. The move follows an agreement from November 2017 for Alstom to supply Lower Saxony with 14 hydrogen fuel cell trains, operational from December 2021.