The Safra company, based in Albi (Tarn), transformed an old diesel coach into an electric coach, with a fuel cell powered by electricity. The first two retrofitted coaches will be put into service by the end of April on the lines linking Albi, St-Sulpice, and Lavaur, using motorways and departmental roads.
The region has initiated the transformation of 15 diesel coaches into coaches with no environmental impact since they only emit carbon dioxide vapor. Nearly 80 employees out of the 220 in the Safra. company worked on this innovation, which required an investment of 7.5 million euros. Thirteen other retrofitted hydrogen coaches will be put into service in Occitania by the end of the year. This allows us to extend the life of the coaches and create a new sector. "This technology developed by Safra, allowing coaches to travel over long distances, is part of the development of an ecosystem dedicated to green hydrogen," underlines Carole Delga, president of the Occitanie region.