Last week we talked about how short-haul vehicles (passenger cars, buses and light commercial vehicles) are cheaper to run on batteries rather than hydrogen, unlike long-haul trucks. When it comes to trains, it’s more of a grey area but real-world examples shed some light on the matter. German state-owned public transport company, LNVG, which introduced the world’s first hydrogen-only railway line in 2022, has announced its decision to give up purchasing further hydrogen trains, citing the cost-effectiveness of battery-electric models. LNVG, owned by the Lower Saxony government, invested over $85 million in 14 hydrogen fuel-cell trains that commenced operations in August 2022. However, the Lower Saxony government has now revealed plans to phase out its diesel trains by 2037, replacing…