French Company Alstom unveiled a Zero-emission train powered by hydrogen at Innotrains Trade fair. The new train is CO2-emission-free and is powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, stored in a hydrogen fuel tank on the roof of the train. The train produces just steam and water as opposed to greenhouse gases and is less noisy than traditional trains.

• Alstom Proudly launched a breakthrough innovation in the field of clean transportation which will complete its Coradia range of regional trains.Alstom Chairman and CEO, Henri Poupart-Lafarge.

• The “hydrail” technology has been under development for the last 25 years, but engineers have focused on freight trains. The East Japan Railway Company ran its first test for a hydrail railcar in 2006, and a Chinese company released the first hydrail tram, but Coradia will be the first hydrogen passenger train to run long distances.

• One full tank enables the new train to travel between 600 and 800 kilometres. Other German states – Baden-Württemberg, Hesse and North Rhine-Westphalia – have shown interest in the train as well as countries such as the Netherlands, Denmark and Norway.

• The cost has not yet been revealed by Alstom, but according to Die Welt, the hydrogen train will be more expensive than the current diesel models.