AUSTRIAN Federal Railways (ÖBB) launched a hydrogen train into passenger service for the first time on September 11 as it embarks on a 10-week trial with an Alstom Coradia iLint two-car multiple unit.
The trials will take place on the Aspang and Thermen railways from Vienna Neustadt to Aspang and Hartberg respectively, and on the Vienna Neustadt – Puchberg am Schneeberg – Gutenstein line.
The full tests will start on September 12 and run until November 26 with six services set to operate on Mondays and Thursdays, 10 on Fridays and 12 on Saturdays.
Following tests of the vehicles on relatively flat terrain in the Netherlands and northern Germany, ÖBB says iLint will be put through its paces in the more challenging alpine routes in Lower Austria.
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