NEW DELHI: India has successfully tested its first hydrogen-powered train coach at the Integral Coach Factory (ICF) in Chennai. It is touted as being among the most powerful of its kind in the world.Railway minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Friday posted a video of the trial on X, calling it a landmark moment towards building a “future-ready and sustainable India.” He added, “India is developing a 1,200 HP Hydrogen train. This will place India among the leaders in Hydrogen powered train technology.” In a written response to a question in the Rajya Sabha, Vaishnaw said that Indian Railways has envisaged running 35 Hydrogen trains under ‘Hydrogen for Heritage’, at an estimated cost of Rs 80 crore per train and ground infrastructure cost of Rs 70 crore per route on various heritage and hill routes.The national transporter has taken up a state-of-the-art project to develop the country’s first hydrogen train on a pilot basis by retrofitment of hydrogen fuel cells on a diesel electric multiple unit (DEMU) rake. The minister informed the House that along with the train, concomitant on-ground infrastructure to refill hydrogen is envisioned with an integrated hydrogen production-storage-dispensation facility.