New Delhi, Dec. 10 -- Indian Railways has taken up a state-of-the-art project for running its first hydrogen train, on a pilot basis, as per specifications framed by the Research, Design & Standards Organisation (RDSO) to demonstrate the use of hydrogen-powered train technology in Railways.

The information was provided by the Minister for Railways, Information & Broadcasting and Electronics & Information Technology, Ashwini Vaishnaw, in a written reply to a question in Lok Sabha today.

In his reply, the Minister said that the manufacturing of the Hydrogen Train-set has been completed. To supply hydrogen for this train set, a hydrogen plant has been proposed in Jind. At this plant, hydrogen is produced via electrolysis, a key step in gre...