Goods Trains Length Fact: Indian Railways is the main mode of transport on earth in the country. Due to this, lakhs of passengers travel daily. Mainly two types of trains are seen in railways. First are passenger trains and second are goods trains. Passenger trains have a maximum of 24 coaches. Whereas, there are 40 to 58 coaches in the goods train. Generally people find goods train longer than passenger train. They believe that due to having more coaches in it, they are longer than passenger trains. Does this really happen? If you also think like this, then after reading this article today all your confusion will be removed.
Thousands of trains run daily in the country, even after that there are more passengers and less trains in the country. In such a situation, it must be coming to your mind that when the number of passengers traveling by train in India is so high, why does the railway not increase the number of coaches in the train? When the train engine is so powerful, then why only 24 coaches are put in it?
passenger train length
The standard length of loop line in Indian Railways is 650 meters. That’s why the length of the train should not exceed 650 meters. The length of a compartment of a passenger train is about 25 metres. If calculated now, then 24 coaches and one engine come comfortably in 650 metres. If the number of coaches is increased in this, then the whole train will not remain in the loop line and its extra coaches will come out of the loop line. That’s why a maximum of 24 coaches are kept in passenger trains.
length of freight train
The same rule also applies to goods trains. The length of goods train coaches should not be more than the loop line. Actually the length of BOX, BOXN, BOXN-HL wagons of goods train is about 11 to 15 meters. Therefore a maximum of 40 to 58 wagons can be accommodated in one rake depending on the length of the wagon boxes. In this way, a maximum of 58 wagons are usually added to a goods train.
Then why does the goods train take longer?
Since the number of coaches in the goods train is more and it moves slower than the passenger trains, it takes a little more time to pass. That’s why the person who sees it feels that it is longer than other trains. While this does not happen.
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