#rail system

By the end of the year, India’s main rail network—around 40,000 miles long—could be 100% electrified. It’s more than 96% electrified now. In the U.S., by contrast, that number is around 1%. “India has been such an amazing example of a rapid transition of a diesel rail system to an electric rail system,” says Yasmine Agelidis, senior attorney at Earthjustice, an environmental nonprofit advocating for the U.S. to move to zero-emissions trains. “It’s a great model for the U.S. to look at because India had a lot of diesel rail already, and the U.S. is in a similar boat.”

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The color-branded lines consist of three heavy-rail lines (Red, Orange, and Blue), one branched light-rail system (Green), and a short light-rail line (the Ashmont–Mattapan High-Speed Line, colored as part of the Red Line). All except the Ashmont–Mattapan line operate in tunnels in the downtown area, but no route operates entirely underground, and only 31 out of the system's 147 stations are located underground. The five branches of the Silver Line bus are also shown as part of the rapid transit system. Three branches operate underground as bus rapid transit and charge rapid-transit fares; two branches operate entirely on the surface and charge lower bus fares.

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