Indian Railways may invite tender for hydrogen trains

New Delhi, 27/2: The Indian Railways is likely to invite a tender to procure 35 hydrogen-fuelled trains at a cost of around Rs 3,000 crore.

 

 

Several top companies, including BHEL, Hitachi, Siemens, Cummins, Wabtec, and Medha Servo, expressed interest in participating in the project at a recent meeting of railways with manufacturing firms.

 

In the meeting, the national transporter took input from the industries. Soon tender will be floated, said an official in the railways.