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SAR Railway Operational Trials and Green Saudi Arabia Initiative: Inside Look at the Middle East’s First Hydrogen Train

Al-Marsad newspaper: A video clip published by Al-Ikhbariya channel showed the hydrogen train from the inside, after the SAR railway conducted operational trials of the train, which is the first of its kind in the Middle East and North Africa.

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For his part, Ashraf Al-Jabri, Director General of Planning at the Passenger Sector of the Railways (SAR), said that the aim of conducting these experiments is to achieve the goals of the Kingdom’s vision, especially the strategy of the “Green Saudi Arabia” initiative and the national transport and logistics services strategy to find clean alternatives to fuel.

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He continued: “We began conducting these experiments last October and they are ongoing until today. The experiment focuses on three important things, which are the legislative systems, the operational systems, the challenges that exist in the Kingdom, the lessons learned from previous train experiments, and the technical aspect, so that they are developed with the manufacturing companies to suit the environment.” In the Kingdom.

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He pointed out that the environment in the Kingdom is different from the environment in the world, specifically European countries, where the climate is cold, and we seek to make this experience compatible with the atmosphere of the desert environment in the Kingdom, and to make modifications that increase the efficiency of the trains.

He pointed out that the hydrogen train is characterized by low carbon emissions. So that it is almost zero, and it is environmentally friendly, unlike the electric train.

2023-11-15 11:41:27
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