No one can deny that Indian Railways is the lifeline of the country. Because every day lakhs of people travel by railways. Various trains like Mail, Express, Shatabdi, Duronto, and Vande Bharat Express are run by the Ministry of Railways. These trains differ from each other in terms of speed and facilities. But, one thing is common in all these trains their speed is faster at night than during the day. When the train runs slow during the day, passengers often complain that the train is running very slowly. However, such a situation rarely happens during the night. Why does the presence of night and day affect the speed of a train? Many of you must have had this question in your mind at one time or the other.

There are many reasons why trains run faster at night. Interestingly, there is no technical reason behind this. It is not even that the engine of the train generates more electricity at night. At night there is less movement of people and animals on the railway track. Also, most of the time the number of passengers is also less, so the loco pilot can run the train at full speed at night.

Less traffic on the track

The first reason for increasing the speed of trains at night is that there is less movement of people and animals on the railway tracks at night. Apart from this, track repair work is also not done at night. With the track being clear at night, the loco pilot can run the train at full speed.

Remote signal viewing

It is dark at the night. In the dark, all signals on the track and station are visible from afar. So loco pilot knows remotely whether to stop the train or not and there is no need to slow down the train.

Less number of passengers

Generally, the number of passengers on trains at night is less than during the day. Especially in passenger trains. Due to less number of passengers, the vehicle has to pull less load. As a result, trains run faster at night.

Indian Railways has reached every corner of the country. Even today citizens prefer railways for long-distance travel. Especially for those who regularly travel long distances, their first choice is rail. Because through railways one can travel comfortably at a low cost. Only the slow speed makes the train journey a bit dreary during the day as compared to the night.