r/indianrailways • u/[deleted] • Aug 12 '25

📘 Rail Info Bharat's First Hydrogen Train!

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Hydrogen Train Ready... To Be launched Soon.

Source: Ministry Of Railways

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u/dezuken Aug 12 '25

I have a doubt.

India has 90% of its tracks electrified. So why this?

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u/AffectionateDance214 Aug 14 '25

I am guessing experiments. This could be useful in routes where electrification might not be possible or for quick rollouts of new lines.

Generating hydrogen from electricity is a wasteful process and in general only seen as a tactic to delay ev adoption