Why railways and airlines use 24-hour clock rather than 12-hour clock?

In order to avoid confusion with timings Railways, Airways etc use the 24- hour clock format. According to this if a digital clock is showing 8:00 then it means 8 am, if it is showing 12:00 then it is 12 noon. It the clocks shows 14:00 then it is 2 pm in the afternoon. If the clock shows 20:00 then it is 8 pm.

Why do railway have a railway time table?

The motive of railway time table is to synchronize the running of trains across India based on their route and halt stations. It made sure that no two trains (from the same or opposite direction) reached a platform at the same time.

Where 24-hour clock is used?

The 24-hour clock is commonly used there only in some specialist areas (military, aviation, navigation, tourism, meteorology, astronomy, computing, logistics, emergency services, hospitals), where the ambiguities of the 12-hour notation are deemed too inconvenient, cumbersome, or dangerous.

Why is the 24-hour clock important in aviation?

In an airport, 24-hour time is especially helpful because it is often difficult for travelers to distinguish between morning (AM) and evening (PM) as they cross many time zones in their travels. Since 20:00 falls between the afternoon/evening hours, it would warrant the PM label. So, 20:00 converts to 8:00 pm.

What is the use of railway time?

The key goals behind introducing railway time were to overcome the confusion caused by having non-uniform local times in each town and station stop along the expanding railway network and to reduce the incidence of accidents and near misses, which were becoming more frequent as the number of train journeys increased.

What is railroad timetable?

A train timetable is a technical document that describes the operation of trains on certain railroad sections and the trains’ departure and arrival times or passing times at stations.

Why do we use 24 hour time format in India?

The most common reasons why organizations tend to use the 24 hour format is to avoid confusion. And if you think about it, using a 24 hour time format may save you some money. Indian Railways prints a lot of material with time mentioned on them.

What does 24 00 mean on a railway timetable?

In railway timetables 24:00 means the end of the day. For example, a train due to arrive at a station during the last minute of a day arrives at 24:00; but trains which depart during the first minute of the day go at 00:00.

What is 1 pm in 24-hour format?

So 1 PM in 24-hour format is 13:00, 2 PM is 14:00, and so on. All you need to do is add 12 to any time in the PM to get 24-hour format time. Here are all the hourly times in AM/PM and 24-hour format:

What was the purpose of introducing railway time?

The key goals behind introducing railway time were to overcome the confusion caused by having non-uniform local times in each town and station stop along the expanding railway network and to reduce the incidence of accidents and near misses, which were becoming more frequent as the number of train journeys increased.