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The dream of the first hydrogen rail network has died a quick death (qz.com)

submitted 2 years ago by bossito@lemmy.world to c/europe@lemmy.ml

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[–] maynarkh 6 points 2 years ago (4 children)

For those too lazy to read:

Now a year after the commercial launch, the Lower Saxony state ministry has abandoned ideas for future hydrogen trains, arguing that battery-electric models “are cheaper to operate.”

[–] iain 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Battery? Why would a train need a battery? Just electrify the tracks?

[–] Player2@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Cheaper to build a charger at a station than to electrify very old track sections

[–] maynarkh 5 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, many rail sections in Europe are not electrified. Battery-electric is definitely better than diesel.

[–] lemmyvore 4 points 2 years ago

https://www.statista.com/statistics/451522/share-of-the-rail-network-which-is-electrified-in-europe/ for the curious. Switzerland is the only European country with 100%, next closest are at 75-90%, EU average is 56%.

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