摘要：Interest in hydrogen-powered rail vehicles has gradually increased worldwide over recent decades due to the global pressure on reduction in greenhouse gas emissions,technology availability,and multiple options of power *** the past,research and development have been primarily focusing on light rail and regional trains,but the interest in hydrogen-powered freight and heavy haul trains is also *** review shows that some technical feasibility has been demonstrated from the research and experiments on proof-of-concept *** rail vehicles powered by hydrogen either are currently operating or are the subject of experimental *** paper identifies that fuel cell technology is well developed and has obvious application in providing electrical traction power,while hydrogen combustion in traditional IC engines and gas turbines is not yet well *** need for on-board energy storage is discussed along with the benefits of energy management and control systems.