RMV's subsidiary fahma orders the
world's largest fleet of fuel cell trains from Alstom
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A contract worth around €500
million
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Alstom's share amounts to €360
million
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Vehicles will replace diesel
trainsets on four regional train lines in the Taunus region from
2022
RMV's subsidiary fahma issued a
tender for 27 fuel cell trains throughout Europe. Now the winner
has been determined: The French manufacturer Alstom will deliver
the vehicles of type Coradia iLint by the timetable change in 2022.
In addition to the trains, the order also includes the supply of
hydrogen, maintenance and the provision of reserve capacities for
the next 25 years. Alstom offers the supply of hydrogen in
cooperation with Infraserv GmbH & Co. Höchst KG, with the
filling station being located on the premises of the Höchst
industrial park.
"The purchase of
27 vehicles is a lighthouse project for fuel cell mobility, about
which I'm very pleased," says Enak
Ferlemann, Parliamentary State Secretary of the German Ministry
of Transport and Infrastructure. "The federal
government supports this investment in climate-friendly mobility by
assuming 40 percent of the additional vehicle costs incurred in
comparison to diesel vehicles, as well as by providing proportional
support for the hydrogen filling station. The project can serve as
a model for the German transport ministry. We hope that many other
projects in Germany will follow this example."
World's largest
fleet of fuel cell trains
"On Hesse's
tracks you can still find many diesel vehicles today as overhead
lines are missing. Fuel cell traction is therefore a quickly
feasible alternative to expensive electrification," says
Tarek Al-Wazir, Hesse's Minister of Transport.
"In Hessen, transport is responsible for one third
of greenhouse gas emissions. Steam instead of diesel soot is
therefore an exciting approach. We will continue to actively
support the project and make every effort to ensure that the
necessary adaptations to the rail infrastructure around the
hydrogen filling station in Höchst make rapid progress."
"This award sets
two records: With the commissioning of the new vehicles in 2022,
RMV will have the world's largest fleet of fuel cell trains in
passenger transport and it is the largest order in the history of
our subsidiary fahma," says RMV Managing Director Prof. Knut
Ringat. "After electrically powered trains,
electric buses and hydrogen buses, we are now offering our
passengers a further opportunity to travel without emissions. This
milestone makes me proud and is a giant step towards a mobility
without pollutants".
This order is also of great
importance to Dr. Jörg Nikutta, Managing
Director of Alstom in Germany and Austria: "We are
very pleased that Alstom's zero-emission Coradia iLint regional
trains will be operated in Hesse in the near future, allowing
climate friendly transportation of passengers in the Taunus region.
This new success, coupled with Coradia iLint's previous success,
demonstrates how trendsetting and sustainable transportation is
already a reality."
The new fuel cell trains will
replace the existing diesel-powered trains on the following lines:
RB11 (Frankfurt-Höchst - Bad Soden), RB12 (Frankfurt - Königstein),
RB15 (Frankfurt - Bad Homburg - Brandoberndorf) and RB16
(Friedrichsdorf - Friedberg). The total order value amounts
to around 500 million euros.
Refueling in the
Höchst industrial park
The new trains will be refuelled
at Industriepark Höchst. Dr. Joachim Kreysing,
Managing Director of Infraserv Höchst, the operator of
Industriepark Höchst, is delighted that the site will play an
important role in the further development of this forward-looking
technology: "With its existing hydrogen
infrastructure, Industriepark Höchst is an ideal filling station
location for fuel-cell vehicles. The operation of the hydrogen
filling station for trains as a supplement to the tanking
facilities for buses and trucks fits in perfectly with our concept,
with which we as an innovative company are further developing our
energy supply concepts and are relying on environmentally friendly
energy carriers"
For Hochtaunuskreis District
Administrator Ulrich Krebs, the fuel cell
trains in the Taunus network are a reasonable alternative.
"In addition to electrifying the S5 to Usingen,
the fuel cell trains offer various advantages for routes that have
not yet been electrified," says Krebs, who is also deputy
chairman of the RMV supervisory board. "Commuters
benefit from more space in the trains and a significantly quieter
journey because the engine noise of the vehicles is quieter due to
the electric drive. This is also an advantage for the people living
near the lines."
World's first
passenger train powered by hydrogen
Coradia iLint is the world's first
passenger train powered by a hydrogen fuel cell, which produces
electrical power for traction. The trains are as silent as a
suburban train and are locally emission-free as they only emit
steam and liquid water into the environment.
In addition, this type of vehicle
is characterized by several innovations: clean energy conversion,
flexible energy storage in batteries as well as intelligent
management of traction power and available energy, combined with
appropriate driver assistance systems. Specially developed for the
use on non-electrified lines, the Coradia iLint allows clean,
sustainable train operation while maintaining high performance and
economic use for its customers.
160 seats per
vehicle
The world's first two hydrogen
trains have already been in regular passenger service in the
Elbe-Weser network in Lower Saxony since September 2018. The Local
Transport Authority of Lower Saxony (Landesnahverkehrsgesellschaft
Niedersachsen, LNVG) will operate 14 Coradia iLint trains on that
line from 2021. RMV is therefore the second operator to embrace
environmentally-friendly hydrogen technology without exhaust gases,
using the vehicles provided by fahma.
All 27 new fuel cell trains will
be equipped with comprehensive passenger information systems, such
as monitors with real-time information. Moreover, they will be
provided with space for bicycles, wheelchairs and prams and will
offer complimentary WiFi access to passengers during their journey.
The new trains will provide 160 seats so that the capacity of the
lines in the Taunus subnetwork will be increased by up to 40
percent, especially for commuter trains in rush-hour traffic.
About
Alstom
As a promoter of sustainable mobility, Alstom
develops and markets systems, equipment and services for the
transport sector. Alstom offers a complete range of solutions (from
high-speed trains to metros, tramways and e-buses), passenger
solutions, customised services (maintenance, modernisation),
infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Alstom
is a world leader in integrated transport systems. The company
recorded sales of €8.1 billion and booked €12.1 billion of orders
in the 2018/19 fiscal year. Headquartered in France, Alstom is
present in over 60 countries and employs 36,300
people.
www.alstom.com
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