日本初の「水素ハイブリッド電車」HYBARIが2027年度末に営業運転へ　JR東日本が7月14日に発表　水素で電気を作る燃料電池と蓄電池を組み合わせ、水素と空気中の酸素を化学反応させて走るため二酸化炭素を出さない　神奈川県の鶴見線と南武線の一部で使われ、一回の水素充填で約70キロ走行できる　当初2030年ごろとしていた実用化を前倒しし、さらに長い距離を走れる次世代車両も2030年度末の営業運転を目指して開発する

Welcome to Japanese Daily News. I'm Maya. Today is July nineteenth. Today's story: Japan's first hydrogen-powered train is finally heading into passenger service. Let's listen.

Now let's break it down, sentence by sentence.

On July fourteenth, JR East announced Japan's first hydrogen hybrid train.

It means to announce, or to make something public.

The train is called HYBARI, and passenger service is set to begin around the end of fiscal year 2027.

It means running a train in regular, paying service, not just a test.

The train combines a fuel cell that makes electricity from hydrogen with a storage battery.

It means a fuel cell, a device that turns fuel into electricity.

It makes electricity by reacting hydrogen with oxygen from the air.

It means oxygen, the gas in the air we breathe.

So it gives off no carbon dioxide while running.

It means carbon dioxide.

Carbon dioxide is one of the major causes of global warming.

It means global warming.

HYBARI is hoped to be an environmentally friendly train.

It means the environment, the natural world around us.

The hydrogen is put into the train at a rail depot in Kanagawa Prefecture.

It means hydrogen, the lightest gas.

At first they aimed for practical use around 2030, but now they have moved that plan up.

It means bringing a schedule forward, doing something earlier than first planned.

JR East also announced it will develop a next-generation hydrogen hybrid train that can run longer distances.

It means the next generation.

Let's listen to the whole story one more time.

Time for a short quiz. Listen and try to answer.

Hydrogen — a fuel cell reacts it with oxygen from the air to make electricity.

Carbon dioxide — that's why it's seen as good for the environment.

Around the end of fiscal year 2027, on the Tsurumi Line and part of the Nambu Line.

That's all for today. JR East says its HYBARI train, Japan's first hydrogen hybrid, will enter passenger service around the end of fiscal 2027 — combining a fuel cell and a battery, reacting hydrogen with oxygen to run with no carbon dioxide. It travels about seventy kilometers per fill, the plan was moved up from 2030, and a longer-range next-generation train is now in the works. Thanks for listening, and see you tomorrow.