Battery electric and fuel cell trains: maturity of technology and market status

Although most trains in Europe are powered by electricity from a third rail or overhead line, it is not always cost effective to electrify rail lines. In these cases, alternatives to diesel train population are batteries and fuel cells. Battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell technologies have developed significantly in recent years and multiple manufacturers are now investing in the development of battery electric and hydrogen fuel cell trains. Resultingly there have been an increasing number of these trains in operation, both for trials and commercial service. Changes in rail transport are not possible without the support of an adequate network, which must be highly planned. This is particularly important for hydrail, since no mass production of hydrogen for transport applications is yet in place. Nonetheless, with current focus on further implementation both in Norway and across Europe, the future is bright for these zero emission propulsion technologies.

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  • © 2019 Institute of Transport Economics/Transportøkonomisk Institutt. Report in English; summary in English and Norwegian.
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  Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)

  Gaustadalleen 21
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  Research Council of Norway

  Oslo,   Norway 
• Authors:
  • Thorne, Rebecca
  • Amundsen, Astrid H
  • Sundvor, Ingrid
• Publication Date: 2019-11

Language

• English
• Norwegian

Media Info

• Media Type: Digital/other
• Serial:
  • TØI Report
  • Issue Number: 1737/2019
  • Publisher: Institute of Transport Economics (TØI)
  • ISSN: 0808-1190
  • EISSN: 2535-5104
  • Serial URL: https://www.toi.no/publications/category29.html
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  Open Access (libre)

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Electric batteries; Electric railroads; Electric trains; Fuel cells; Hydrogen fuels
• Geographic Terms: Europe; Norway
• Subject Areas: Energy; Railroads; Vehicles and Equipment;

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• Accession Number: 01734338
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 9788248022855
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Mar 20 2020 4:27PM