Indian Railways: Indian Railways has achieved an important and major achievement in the electrification of its railway line. With the completion of electrification of Subhagpur-Pachperwa broad gauge route of North Eastern Railway, 100 percent broad gauge network of Indian Railways has been electrified in the state of Uttar Pradesh. The Ministry of Railways gave this information on Wednesday. The Ministry of Railways said that due to the electrification of the rail route, along with the improvement of rail traffic in Uttar Pradesh, the speed of trains will also improve. With this, passengers will be able to reach their destination on time.
6 zones of Indian Railways electrified
Presently there are 18 zones in Indian Railways. Out of which, with the completion of electrification work on Subhagpur-Pachperwa rail section of North Eastern Railway, 6 rail zones, North Eastern Railway, East Coast Railway, North Central Railway, Eastern Railway, South Eastern Railway and West Central are fully electrified. have passed. Of these, the North Eastern Railway is the newest. Apart from this, the Jhansi-Muzaffarpur-Katni rail section has also been fully electrified, which is one of the busiest rail sections of the entire rail network.
Green Railway will be completely built by 2030
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had told during the announcements of Budget 2023 that Rs 2.4 lakh crore has been spent on Railways as well. During his speech, the Finance Minister also mentioned the Green Railway. Here green means green energy i.e. green energy (hydrogen). In this way, Green Railway means hydrogen trains. The Finance Minister had also said during the budget announcement that Indian Railways would soon become 100% green railway of the world. The government aims that Indian Railways will become number one in the world by the year 2030 by achieving the goal of net zero carbon emissions.
What is green rail or hydrogen train
A hydrogen train is a train that runs on hydrogen. Electricity and diesel are saved in these trains. In the hydrogen train, the train is run by the energy created by the mixing of hydrogen and oxygen. These trains can be deployed for long distances, pollution from these trains is negligible. It can reach a top speed of 140 km/h in less than 15 minutes. There is no sound in these trains. That’s why they are very comfortable too.
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