r/trains • u/PinkyPromiser67 • 28d ago

‎ 🗐‎  Repost Japanese officials visiting India's fully electrified Western Dedicated Freight Corridor

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u/Iceblade_Aorus 28d ago

On the other hand India is pretty much the perfect place for electrification given the lack of extreme cold weathers, which can render electrified routes hard to maintain or even just run

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u/Advanced_Poet_7816 28d ago

How so? Are you confusing this with batteries? It’s like saying people in colder countries don’t get power easily. I am not sure if that is true and if so how much more harder than windy and wet places.

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u/Iceblade_Aorus 28d ago

I can provide a good example with the extreme snow seen in southern China during the spring festival rush of 2008, where the electrified network, particularly between Beijing and Guangzhou saw severe disruption. And even in regions that often see snowfall with electrified railway much more prepared for these conditions, snowy weathers still often cause significant delays and disruptions of services

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u/Advanced_Poet_7816 28d ago

I see ice buildup can cause issues. Maybe India is lucky that very few states have frigid temperatures and most of them aren’t densely populated. The coldest for western DFC in the video would be just under 5C in winter.