Germany Tasks TÜV With Finding Standards For H2 Trains
The title of this post, is the same as that of this article on Electrive.
This is the introductory paragraph.
TÜV Rheinland InterTraffic has been commissioned to develop a standard for hydrogen applications in rail vehicles. Until now, authorities have had to rely on technical regulations and standards from the automotive industry for conformity assessments.
As hydrogen trains have entered service in Germany and have been trialled on rail networks in Austria, Italy, The Netherlands and the UK, this is probably about time, especially as Spain and Switzerland will soon be joining the club.
As most of Europe has the same loading gauge, it looks to me that the German standard will be a de-facto European standard, that could also be used for countries like Australia, Canada and the United States.
But in the UK, we have a smaller loading gauge, so will the German standard be application to the UK?
As some German S-bahn trains are not much bigger than say a Siemens-built Class 700 train, I suspect that the Germans could write a dual standard, that covered the following.
- Standard UK-sized trains.
- Standard EU-sized trains.
- Standard German S-bajm-sized trains.
After all, if it could be arranged, one world-wide standard would probably be a good idea.
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