The Indian Railways network is the fourth largest rail network in the world. The total length of railways in India is 115000 kilometers. About 2.5 crore people travel in Indian Railways every day. In the last few years, superfast trains like Vande Bharat have also arrived in India. There has been a lot of modernization in the Indian Railways network in the last few years. You too must have traveled a lot in railways. But have you ever noticed that while the train is going, V-shaped tracks are visible at some places in between. Why are these tracks installed? Let us know the reason behind this.
Why are the tracks in V shape?
When you see V shaped tracks. Then you must be wondering what these tracks are for. So let us tell you what is the reason behind this. Actually, these tracks are meant to provide support to the main tracks. Main tracks i.e. the tracks on which the train runs. V shaped tracks protect them. Therefore these are also called guard rails. Guard rail means one who protects. If you have noticed, you see these tracks only at certain places and not everywhere. Let us tell you at which places these tracks are found.
occur only in these places
V shaped tracks i.e. guard rails are mainly present where there is fast mode. Or level crossing i.e. where the city road and railway tracks come together. And on bridges you get to see V shaped tracks. This is a place where the train tracks are slightly weak. Because they do not have that strong basic support below. It remains as it should be. Therefore, guard rails i.e. V shaped tracks are there to strengthen them.