Jind, July 23 -- Setting a new benchmark for public transit, India's first hydrogen fuel cell-powered passenger train has proven to be a historic success on the Jind-Sonipat route. Inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on July 17, this hydrogen-powered train seamlessly covered an impressive distance of approximately 900 kilometres in the first five days of its commercial operation.

This has firmly established the country in an elite global club of nations successfully operating state-of-the-art hydrogen rail technology.

Replacing conventional diesel engines with two advanced 1,200-kilowatt hydrogen-electric propulsion systems, the new train has significantly reduced diesel and conventional electricity consumption.

Onboard fuel ce...