A huge network of Indian Railways is spread across the country. For this reason, Indian Railways is also given the number of lifeline of the nation. Crores of people travel in Indian trains every day. Passengers should not face any kind of problems while traveling. Keeping this in view, many rules have been made. Apart from this, many types of facilities are also provided to the passengers during the journey. Most of us travel by train. While traveling in trains, have you ever thought about why trains run at higher speeds at night instead of during the day? There are many reasons behind trains running at high speed at night. Today we will tell you about this in detail. Let us know -
One of the main reasons behind running a train at high speed at night is that the signal can be seen from a distance at night. For this reason, the loco pilot sees the signal from a distance while driving the train.
Due to this, he gets to know earlier at night rather than during the day whether the train has to be stopped or not. If the signal remains green. In such a situation, the loco pilot does not need to slow down the speed of the train.
The second major reason behind running the train at high speed at night is that there is little to no traffic on the railway tracks at night. During this time neither humans nor any animals are seen.
Apart from all this, no maintenance work is going on on the railway track at night. Due to this, there is no need to slow down the speed of the train. Due to all these reasons the train runs at high speed at night.
(PC: ISTOCK)
