Overview
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the 10‑coach hydrogen train at Jind on Friday, July 17, as part of a multi‑state visit that also includes station and highway inaugurations.
- The trainset is a broad‑gauge retrofit with two driving power cars and eight passenger coaches and has a combined propulsion output reported at about 2,400 kW, with some accounts citing 3,200 horsepower.
- Technical and safety clearances are in place: the Railway Board approved operations for the Jind–Sonipat section in May, RDSO signed off on O&M manuals, and PESO licensed the Jind compressed‑hydrogen storage and dispensing facility.
- A 1 MW green‑hydrogen electrolyser and on‑site refuelling plant at Jind supply roughly 3,000 kg of storage while the train carries about 440 kg of compressed hydrogen in 27 cylinders and is expected to do two round trips daily over the 89 km Jind–Sonipat route, stopping at 12 stations.
- The pilot feeds the ‘Hydrogen for Heritage’ plan that envisions up to 35 hydrogen sets on non‑electrified and hill routes; reported per‑train and ground‑infrastructure costs vary in coverage but the project is pitched as a way to cut local emissions and offer an alternative where overhead electrification is impractical.