Allianz pro Schiene, the German Pro-Rail Alliance, has issued an award for a world premiere: hydrogen refuelling stations for trains.

The ‘innovation prize for shaping mobility 2019’ has gone to 28-year-old Saskia Schulz for her contribution to environmentally friendly transport. The Alstom employee and her team developed the concept for the world’s first hydrogen refuelling station for trains. It will become operational in Bremervörde, Germany, in December 2021. This will coincide with Alstom delivering 14 additional Coradia iLint hydrogen trains to Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen (LNVG).

Hydrogen Refuelling Stations for Trains

Alstom, together with its partners Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsbetriebe Elbe-Weser, the Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft Niedersachsen and fuel gas provider Linde, will celebrate the second world premiere in the small town of Bremervörde in Lower Saxony in December 2021. The company’s pre-production Coradia iLint hydrogen trains have been in operation on the regional rail network between Bremervörde, Cuxhaven and Bremerhaven since 2018.