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Arcola Energy hosted a series of visits during the COP26 climate change conference in early November to showcase the project to convert a retired Class 314 EMU to hydrogen power.
The contract for the Scottish hydrogen train project, sponsored by the Scottish Government, was awarded to a consortium led by Arcola in December 2020. The aim is to build capability within the Scottish supply chain with a view to future conversion of hydrogen fleets within Scotland. The choice of a ‘314’ to provide the donor vehicles was based solely on availability, following the withdrawal of the EMU fleet by ScotRail at the end of 2019.
The project is based at the Bo’ness and Kinneil Railway. Although exhibits during COP26 were static, the aim is for the converted train, reclassified as a ‘614’, to move under its own power within the yard at Bo’ness next March and over the full length of the line in May, with t…