Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, on Wednesday revealed that the Indian Railways has decided to run the hydrogen train set on a pilot basis- taking yet another step towards the vision of ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’.

The hydrogen train project demonstrates India’s capability to use hydrogen-powered train technology. It is a state of the art project that the Indian Railways has undertaken as per specifications framed by the Research, Design & Standards Organisation (RDSO).

The Minister stated that the manufacturing of the hydrogen train set has been completed. The train is currently the “world's longest” with 10 coaches, and also has the “most powerful 2400 kW Hydrogen Train Set” on a “broad-gauge platform”.

Vaishnaw made sure to emphasise green fuel and the development of next generation fuel

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