The Anonymous Widower

Hydrogen Trains Are To Roll Between Stade And Bremervörde

The title of this post is the same as part of the title of this article on Hydrogen Central.

The original title mentions Switzerland, but Bremervörde is in Germany to the North-West of Hamburg.

This map from OpenRailwayMap shows the route.

Note.

1. Stade is in the North-East corner of the map and marked with a blue arrow.
2. Stade station is on the Hamburg S-Bahn and has an hourly fast train between Hamburg and Cuxhaven.
3. Bremervörde is in the South-West corner of the map, where the various routes converge.
4. Bremervörde station is on the Buxtehude-Cuxhaven Line which is run by the hydrogen-powered Alstom Coradia iLint trains.
5. Bremervörde appears to be, where the hydrogen-powered trains are serviced and refuelled.
6. Currently, there are no passenger trains between Stade and Bremervörde, except at the weekends, when a heritage service called the Moor Express runs between Bremen Hauptbahnhof and Stade via Bremervörde.
7. Freight trains also operate between Stade and Bremervörde.

At first sight it looks like the  Stade and Bremervörde route, could be an ideal one to run with hydrogen-powered iLint trains.

• Servicing and refuelling of the trains could be shared with the existing Buxtehude-Cuxhaven service.
• The new service would probably need a few extra identical trains.
• The track is already in use, so probably wouldn’t need too much work.
• As some of the stations are in use by the Moor Express, there may not need to be too much work to bring them up to the required standard.

This re-opening, illustrates the advantage of having a fully-certified, independently-powered train, that can be deployed on non-electrified lines.

June 17, 2023 - Posted by AnonW | Hydrogen, Transport/Travel | Bremervörde Station, Buxtehude-Cuxhaven Line, Coradia iLint, cuxhaven, Germany, Hamburg, Hamburg S-Bahn, Hydrogen-Powered Trains