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NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways, after an extended feasibility find out about, has set to work on its ‘Hydrogen for Heritage’ scheme, beneath which it will use hydrogen to gas vacationer trains throughout heritage hill tracks.
To reach this first-of-its-kind eco-friendly transfer, the Railways has deliberate to procure and function hydrogen trains on railway routes throughout environmentally delicate hilly terrains with possible for tourism.
The Status Committee on Railways (2022-23) of the seventeenth Lok Sabha, in its document, has discussed that the railways have proposed to run 35 hydrogen trains at an estimated value of Rs 80 crore in line with prepare and floor infrastructure of Rs 70 crore in line with path.
The document additional states, “As a pilot mission for unfashionable fitment of hydrogen gas mobile on current diesel electric more than one gadgets (DEMU), rake with floor infrastructure has been deliberate to fund on Jind-Sonipat segment of the northern railway at a value of Rs 111.83 crore. On this regard, the committee had felt that when the similar is operational, it will pass far and in the suitable route in opposition to inexperienced power.”
Appreciating the initiative, the committee stated that the railways additionally must make appropriate preparedness and act vigorously to fulfil the concept that. Quoting main points, the committee document has said that the Indian Railways has taken the lead via awarding a freelance to transform a 1,200 KW DEMU with a hydrogen gas cell-based disbursed energy rolling stick.
“The sphere trials of the primary prototype are slated to start from June 2024 and the Indian Railways envisages production of prepare units with gas cell-based propulsion device to offer traction power from hydrogen gas mobile,” reads the document submitted within the Lok Sabha not too long ago.
The 35 train-set rakes, each and every having six automobiles, were sanctioned in Rolling Inventory Programme 2023-24 for 8 heritage routes. The sleeted heritage rail routes on which the hydrogen-fuelled trains will run are — the Matheran Hill Railway, Darjeeling Himalaya Railway, Kalka Shimla Railway, the Kangra Valley, the Bilmora Waghai, the Patapalpani Kalakund, Nilgiri Mountain railways and Marwar-Goram ghat railway.
35 trains with 6 automobiles each and every will run on 8 heritage routes:
Matheran Hill Railway
Darjeeling Himalaya Railway
Kalka Shimla Railway
Kangra Valley
Bilmora Waghai
Patapalpani Kalakund
Nilgiri Mountain Railways
Marwar-Goram ghat railway
NEW DELHI: The Indian Railways, after an extended feasibility find out about, has set to work on its ‘Hydrogen for Heritage’ scheme, beneath which it will use hydrogen to gas vacationer trains throughout heritage hill tracks.
To reach this first-of-its-kind eco-friendly transfer, the Railways has deliberate to procure and function hydrogen trains on railway routes throughout environmentally delicate hilly terrains with possible for tourism.
The Status Committee on Railways (2022-23) of the seventeenth Lok Sabha, in its document, has discussed that the railways have proposed to run 35 hydrogen trains at an estimated value of Rs 80 crore in line with prepare and floor infrastructure of Rs 70 crore in line with path.
The document additional states, “As a pilot mission for unfashionable fitment of hydrogen gas mobile on current diesel electric more than one gadgets (DEMU), rake with floor infrastructure has been deliberate to fund on Jind-Sonipat segment of the northern railway at a value of Rs 111.83 crore. On this regard, the committee had felt that when the similar is operational, it will pass far and in the suitable route in opposition to inexperienced power.”googletag.cmd.push(serve as() googletag.show(‘div-gpt-ad-8052921-2’); );
Appreciating the initiative, the committee stated that the railways additionally must make appropriate preparedness and act vigorously to fulfil the concept that. Quoting main points, the committee document has said that the Indian Railways has taken the lead via awarding a freelance to transform a 1,200 KW DEMU with a hydrogen gas cell-based disbursed energy rolling stick.
“The sphere trials of the primary prototype are slated to start from June 2024 and the Indian Railways envisages production of prepare units with gas cell-based propulsion device to offer traction power from hydrogen gas mobile,” reads the document submitted within the Lok Sabha not too long ago.
The 35 train-set rakes, each and every having six automobiles, were sanctioned in Rolling Inventory Programme 2023-24 for 8 heritage routes. The sleeted heritage rail routes on which the hydrogen-fuelled trains will run are — the Matheran Hill Railway, Darjeeling Himalaya Railway, Kalka Shimla Railway, the Kangra Valley, the Bilmora Waghai, the Patapalpani Kalakund, Nilgiri Mountain railways and Marwar-Goram ghat railway.
35 trains with 6 automobiles each and every will run on 8 heritage routes:
Matheran Hill Railway
Darjeeling Himalaya Railway
Kalka Shimla Railway
Kangra Valley
Bilmora Waghai
Patapalpani Kalakund
Nilgiri Mountain Railways
Marwar-Goram ghat railway