Stadler unveils first hydrogen train for U.S., announces order for up to 29 more

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Stadler’s hydrogen-powered Flirt trainset, built for use in California’s San Bernardino County, is on display at InnoTrans in Berlin. (Keith Fender)

Stadler unveils first hydrogen train for U.S., announces order for up to 29 more

Trains.com | Keith Fender | September 21, 2022

BERLIN — The first hydrogen-powered trainset for use in the U.S. has been presented to its owners at the InnoTrans trade fair by manufacturer Stadler — which also announced an order for more of the equipment for use in Amtrak California intercity service.

The two-car trainset was ordered by the San Bernardino County Transportation Authority in 2019 for use on the 9-mile “Arrow” rail line between the University of Redlands and the San Bernardino Transit Center. The new zero-emission hydrogen-powered multiple-unit (ZEMU) trains will undergo extensive testing in Europe this year and in 2023 before being shipped to the U.S. to enter service in 2024. The Arrow line, currently in testing and projected to open this October, will also use low-emission “Flirt” diesel multiple-unit trainsets supplied by Stadler; the first of these was delivered in March 2022.


The central module of the trainset containing the hydrogen fuel cells. Keith Fender

Stadler built the train at its factory in Bussnang, Switzerland, which has produced hundreds of previous EMU versions of the Flirt train design. It uses hydrogen fuel cells supplied by Canadian specialist firm Ballard, although the electric power invertors and traction motors are based on those in use in existing EMUs. SBCTA bought the hydrogen-powered train with financial support from California State Transportation Agency (CalSTA) and the California Department of Transportation (Caltrans).

Stadler believes hydrogen will be a viable alternative to existing diesel passenger trains, as well as further electrification of commuter rail routes — which is capital intensive, even if it is ultimately the cheapest way to power trains...more
https://www.trains.com/trn/news-reviews/news-wire/stadler-unveils-first-hydrogen-train-for-u-s-announces-order-for-up-to-29-more/

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1. good news. if they want to sell them here they can make them here nt

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2. Thank you!!!

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