“As time passes, the operational burden becomes clearer.
Fuel costs remain high and volatile. Infrastructure downtime affects service reliability. Spare parts and trained technicians are scarce. Fleet expansion is delayed or quietly abandoned.
Operators begin to limit deployment to showcase routes or special duties. Public communication shifts toward
optimism about future improvements while day to day use declines.
“Eventually, the project reaches a decision point. Continued operation requires renewed subsidies, higher fares, or
service compromises. At the same time, battery electric alternatives are improving and becoming more available.
Faced with this comparison, operators and authorities
reassess. Hydrogen assets are mothballed, sold, or
converted. The original rationale is rarely revisited in detail.”