trains

AnnaFrankfurter, 17 dni temu w Railway electrification of India by State in 2024

Sorry to be a buzzkill but ~70% of India’s electricity is coming from coal powerplants. They are working on using nuclear and renewable but still currently it is mostly coal.

zemon, 17 dni temu

Might still be better for the environment overall than running trains on oil. I don’t know if any study exists on the topic.

AnnaFrankfurter, 16 dni temu

I’m not sure about efficiency of oil engines vs electric engines but at least infrastructure is already available and once India switches to nuclear/renewable it’ll help massively…

glowing_hans, 13 dni temu

Coal fired plants are more energy and heat efficient than internal combustion engines on trains. Waste heat can be used for industrial areas. Also the pollution is localized and heavy duty filters can be installed, while the train can not carry heavy filters without worse transport efficiency.

yessikg, 17 dni temu w Railway electrification of India by State in 2024

Impressive!

twinnie, 4 dni temu w Don't get jealous

I love the idea of sleeping on a train but the one time I did it I got woken up regularly by all the stopping and starting each time we got to a station.

Flyberius, 3 dni temu w Don't get jealous

The old geezer in the bunk above me is doing some demonic farts. It’s actually pretty awful

sharkfucker420, 3 dni temu w Don't get jealous

It is far too late 😔

Thebigguy, 3 dni temu w Don't get jealous

Are there no doors?

Flyberius, 3 dni temu

Not on this carriage. This is called a hard sleeper, and it is the cheapest. There are soft sleeper carriages with doors