Train or metro, which consumes more electricity? you will be shocked to know the report
Train or metro, which consumes more electricity? Crores of passengers travel by railway in India every day. The railway is the lifeline of the country. Similarly, there will be nothing wrong with saying that metro trains are the lifeline of the metropolis. But do you know how much electricity metro and railway trains consume every day?
Millions of passengers travel by metro in major cities every day. Metro runs on electricity. Similarly, trains run on electricity on most routes in India. More than 13,000 trains are run by Indian Railways every day. Crores of passengers travel by these trains every day. Trains provide many facilities to the passengers. Due to which electricity is also consumed.
According to reports, non-AC coaches in Indian trains consume 120 units of electricity per hour. At the same time, AC coaches in Indian trains consume about 210 units of electricity per hour. It is worth noting that the railways buy electricity at about Rs 7 per unit.
However, electricity consumption varies from city to city. For example, according to Delhi’s DMRC, the metro uses 2.5 percent of the city’s electricity generation. While the Delhi Metro requires 3 million units of electricity per day.
Now you must be wondering where does Delhi Metro get so much electricity from? Let us tell you that DMRC gets 20 lakh units of electricity from the power companies of the three states of Delhi, UP and Haryana. And it uses it in the metro.
