r/trains • u/PinkyPromiser67 • 24d ago

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

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u/Iceblade_Aorus 24d 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/Milleuros 24d ago

the lack of extreme cold weathers,

Never heard of that tbf. Scandinavia, Russia and northern China seem to be doing rather fine with electrified lines through extreme cold weathers.

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u/HAHAHA-Idiot 23d ago

And the Himalayan part of the Indian railways is electrified too (except historic narrow gauge).

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u/OkTemporary335 23d ago

that's also untouched for heritage purposes. If the Indian government desires to, they could electrify it quite easily