Green:.Germany wil be the first to put hydrogen-powered zero emission train in service by 2017

World's first zero-emission hydrogen train to begin operations in Germany

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The world's first hydrogen-powered emission-free train, the Coradia iLint from Alstom, is set to go into service in Germany at the end of 2017.
The world's first hydrogen-powered emission-free train, the Coradia iLint from Alstom, is set to go into service in Germany at the end of 2017.
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Germany will put the world's first hydrogen-powered zero-emission train into service in 2017
The non-electric network trains are powered using a hydrogen fuel cell and only emit steam and water
The world's first hydrogen powered, emission-free train is set to go into service in Germany in 2017 -- a ground-breaking innovation that could signal the phasing out of heavily polluting, diesel-powered trains.

The first "hydrail", or hydrogen-powered train, will begin transporting passengers on the Buxtehude-Bremervörde-Bremerhaven-Cuxhaven line in Lower Saxony, in northern Germany, in December 2017, German newspaper Die Welt reported.

Although the first train in operation will only run a short, 60-mile (96-kilometer) route, four German states have signed an agreement with Alstom, the French company that builds the trains, for the purchase of up to 60 additional locomotives, if they are judged a success.
"Alstom is proud to launch a breakthrough innovation in the field of clean transportation," Alstom chairman and CEO, Henri Poupart-Lafarge, said in a statement.
"It shows our ability to work in close collaboration with our customers and develop a train in only two years."