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.”
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
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Battery? Why would a train need a battery? Just electrify the tracks?
Cheaper to build a charger at a station than to electrify very old track sections
Yeah, many rail sections in Europe are not electrified. Battery-electric is definitely better than diesel.
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%.
"has died a quick death" seems like a bit of stretch. The article itself lists other countries which are testing and trying to adopt the hydrogen trains as well.
True.
@bossito It's not even started. Just recently Alstom and a local company won a tender in Romania (Couldn't find an English source so you'll have to rely on this Google Translated one). They'll service routes from Bucharest to the airport, as well as some going all the way to Pitești and even Craiova (which is already quite far for a regional train, even).