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Public Transportation and Smart Growth

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5. They have electrified rail, both 3rd rail and overhead pantograph.

Thu Mar 26, 2015, 12:11 AM

Mar 2015

What is the advantage with these low speed hydrogen trams over electrification?

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China's Hydrogen-Powered Future Starts in Trams, Not Cars [View all] marmar Mar 2015 OP

Coal fired blast furnaces create the rails. Warpy Mar 2015 #2

Solar to electricity makes far more sense than solar to hydrogen. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #3

Not for mass transit in China Warpy Mar 2015 #4

They have electrified rail, both 3rd rail and overhead pantograph. NYC_SKP Mar 2015 #5