ALSTOM has shipped its two ‘iLINT’hydrogen trains from Europe to help demonstrate the technology in new regions.
Two Class 654 demonstrator two-coach trains were built in 2016/17, and two fleets of similar production trains (numbered as Class 554) have entered service in Germany, operating services west of Hamburg and north of Frankfurt.
In the last five years Alstom has taken the demonstration Class 654 trains to multiple European countries where they have worked passenger and test trains.
The second ‘iLINT’ demonstrator 654102+654602 was shipped from Bremerhaven to Jeddah, Saudia Arabia in September 2023. It was then moved by road as two separate vehicles to the Saudi capital Riyadh where the two coaches were attached to each other again and the train commissioned for use.
From November 14 the train was used for a limited number of demonstration runs, over three days, for rail and government officials and their guests. The train, which had
