PM Modi flags off India’s first hydrogen-powered train in Haryana

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday flagged off India’s first hydrogen-powered train connecting Jind to Sonipat in Haryana from the railway station here.

With this, India has joined a select group of countries that have operational hydrogen-powered trains and marks an important step towards the adoption of clean and sustainable mobility in the railway sector.

The 89-km distance



between Jind and Sonipat will be covered in two hours, with the train halting at 12 intermediate stations. Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw, Haryana Governor Ashim Kumar Ghosh and Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini were among those present at the Jind railway station for the flagging off ceremony.

The prime minister waved as the train, which also had many school children onboard, chugged off from the Jind railway station.