China: Deputy director of CRRC’s new technology research department at the company’s engineering research centre in Changchun, Mr Wang Jian, told reporters that a prototype of the train designed for a maximum speed of 250 km/h is expected to be ready by the end of the year. No further technical specifications were disclosed.
About CRRC’s work on the hydrogen-powered rolling stock. Source: Xinhua
It is worth noting that in August 2023, CRRC unveiled a new version of its C series EMU with a similar design speed.
CRRC first presented a hydrogen-powered MU intended for urban transport applications in late 2022. The MU was based on the company’s Fuxing high-speed platform.
More recently, at InnoTrans 2024, CRRC exhibited its second hydrogen train model – the CINOVA H2. Both hydrogen trains have a maximum operating speed of 160 km/h, although their claimed ranges differ: 600 km for one model and up to 1,000 km for the other.
