according to Trauma‚ Memory‚ and Railway Disaster: The Dickensian Connection by Jill L. Matus‚ Dickens himself narrowly escaped death on trains a number of times. The incident most relevant to this story in particular took place “in 1865 [when] Charles Dickens narrowly escaped death when
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for 10 hours a day‚ 7 days a week in dangerous‚ unsanitary factories just to have enough money for dinner and the issue of upgrading these working conditions quickly came to the forefront of American reforms. The movement towards organized labor from 1875-1900 was unsuccessful in improving the position of workers because of the initial failure of strikes‚ the inherent feeling of superiority of employers over employees and the lack of governmental support. Since there was no groundwork to rationalize
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Transformation of Infrastructure in Indian Railways: An Imperative Study ------------------------------------------------- Suruchi‚ Research Scholar ------------------------------------------------- and ------------------------------------------------- Dr. Seema Dhawan Research Supervisor Singhania University Introduction- Railway zons of india The Indian Railways has a glorious past and has achieved a phenomenal growth in both freight and passenger traffic by improving asset utilization
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A Railway Across the World’s Roof Top: The Qinghai–Tibet Railway and the Impact of Chinese Development of the on the Tibetan Autonomous Region. Since the 1950 occupation of Tibet by People’s Republic of China‚ the government has introduced new ideology and began a transformation to the traditional Tibetan way of life. The development of the Tibet Autonomous Region marked the beginning of revolutionary socio-economic changes. Some Tibetans and
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Economic Impact Analysis on a High-Speed Railway System for Central Florida Economic Impact Analysis on a High-Speed Railway System for Central Florida Introduction High-speed railway (HRL) systems have been used primarily over in such countries as Japan since 1964 and France since 1984. Recently the United States has generated interest in the high-speed railway as well. The proposed system would stretch from Miami through Orlando and end in the St. Petersburg/Tampa area. With bullet
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International Project Financing In partial fulfillment of the degree of Master of Finance & Control Submitted by: Deepti Jayam Roll no 1830 Department of Financial Studies University of Delhi South Campus Internal supervisor: External supervisor: Dr. V. K. Vasal Mrs. Chetna Khuller Department of Financial Studies Head Treasury and Finance University of Delhi South Campus NIIT Lt. New Delhi. New Delhi
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(ERLSB) COMPANY BACKGROUND History Express Rail Link Sdn Bhd (ERLSB) has been awarded the concession on 25 August 1997 to finance‚ design‚ construct‚ operate and maintain the KLIA Ekspres and KLIA Transit and other ancillary activities related to railway services from 30 years. ERLSB’s shareholders are YTL Corporation Berhad‚ Lembaga Tabung Haji Bhd and Trisilco Equity Sdn Bhd with 50%‚ 40% and 10% shareholding respectively. The KLIA Ekspres which commenced operation on 14 April 2002 is a daily high
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Asian immigrants at gold fields and railway construction in nineteenth century: racism and struggle for rights PRINCY JAIN The economic development history of nineteenth century was extensively affected by the colonialism and the process of capital accumulation and surplus extraction. It involved large out migration of the Asians to various parts of the world to form a pool of workforce at the commercial crop plantations‚ mines‚ or construction works‚ mostly‚ railroad or canal construction. Various
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LEGAL ANALYSIS 1. STATEMENT OF FACTS: Sheila White interviewed with Marvin Brown and obtained a job as a “track laborer” with Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Company. Shortly after her hire date‚ however‚ she assumed forklift operator duties. This new assignment still fell under the “track laborer” position description‚ and White occasionally performed those duties although her primary responsibility was operating the forklift. Three months into her new job‚ White complained to the
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Ka Fai‚ Andrew The University of Hong Kong UID: 3035066182 2014-05-02 1. Introduction The appearance of Fare Adjustment Mechanism When the merger of the Mass Transit Railway (MTR) and Kowloon-Canton Railway (KCR) was conducted in 2007‚ MTR became the only service provider in the railway market. At that moment‚ MTR implemented the fare adjustment mechanism (FAM)‚ which allows the company to adjust its fare each year based on the formula. Under the formula‚ different factors
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